Dung Beetle

We’ll take a walk

In the woods

Because it’s cool here

And we need the exercise

 

I find a beetle

With blue-black wings

And legs that glitter

Midnight blue.

I hold it in my palm

And it creeps across my skin

(Welcome contact)

 

But you make me angry

And as I clench my fist

I feel it crush between

My fingers

Beetle juice staining

My skin

(Midnight blue)

 

As I cry you watch me

Blankly

So I try to explain:

The blue-black wings

The contact

 

You frown

As you take my hand

Press our skin together

White and blue

 

But you don’t get it

(The legs that glitter)

And I’m not even sure

That I do either

 

 

We’ll take a walk

In the woods

Tiptoeing

As we try to avoid

The Dung Beetles

Reviews

[Beatrice Mars]

Oof that was amazing, it was haunting, creepy and emotional at the same time as being distant and cold! I loved it x