An alphabetical guide to how insects move, according to a dream

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An alphabetical guide to how insects move, according to a dream
C-a-taloguing
hovering,
B-o b bing, c..r.a.wling, burrow ing,
J-ump!
-ing,
flying,
bu-Z-zzz-ing

moving layers, blue, swarme-d by layers of
y-e-llow, black
complement f-our wheels, four wings
rotatin-g, moving

as
one

now
still
follow
the
ants br-i-dging, underneat-h
bumblebees co-l-lecting from stark pregnant pollen globules
and ripened crab apples m-eet an
army fortress of beetles
grip-p-i-n-g on glass, densely
stic-k-ing t-o-gether
as
one
and
now
Q-uietly,
do not move
quickly.

R-ather
s-ooner or la-t-er
the
thing
to do
is to
manea-u-v-er
each band, each layer
carefully to get to the glass
and then see the w-indow
to remove the ants from the edge of the frame
by brushing them off, and then to get to the hinge of the door
shake off the pollen and not disturb the bumblebees at work, working
surprisingl-y they do not swarm despite disturbing what ne-x-t to impossible can't
and should not be procured

oh
honey,
the a-z-ure is a complacent illusion of stillness
a thing which layered, alive, moves with you
and you move with it too