The Boxelder

[Mirah]

The Return of the Boxelder


The boxelder has returned
Or is that "The Boxelder have returned"?

Such a stately name
for a stately bug

Dumb bug

Why is there a June Bug, but not a July Bug?
A lady bug, but no Man Bug?

The Boxelder mocks me, with its name that should demand respect, for it is of box and elder
elder
box
bug
bug and box
and elder
The Boxelder bug

It mocks me
befriends me
comes along with me on rides to the landing, to work, the compactor
it is everywhere

and in my hair
at night
as I sleep

I keep my door closed
to keep out
the bug
the box elder bug
the bug
of elder
boxes
bug

There are several dead
along the floor
(among the floor?)
There are several dead
lying on the floor

A boxelder funeral

An arrival of the boxelder at my sunny door on the east face

The boxelder
a bug to the light
zap it
for entertainment
containment
a piece of paper
and the light
the bug
bug light
box
elder

 

[Mirah]

This guy tho! LOL

And someone in the comments is like, "Inappropriate!" LOL OMG