Jonathan Rentler
insects lack heart
their blood
free flows
splashing
some weave traps
other roll shit
there are those
punching night
with light
& fiddling sticks
oh to be
one of the winged
but no
i’m bug-eyed at yoga
lurking into poses
all carapace & thorax
& after class
i click loud enuff
for his lady bug to hear
what’d i’d do
if i discovered
the route
to his honeycomb
heart
Jonathan Rentler is the author of the chapbook Times Square Words# 1 (Yonkers International Press/Blurb 2017). His work has appeared in LOLA, Babbling of the Irrational, Fickle Muses, I-70, Ganymede, Unlikely Stories 2.0, and Midnight Muse.
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