Flitnit Mythology
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The door was ajar and the flitnit sneaked in,
not so much sneaked as zipped in with a zing.
Flitnits are very hard to see.
As soon as they sense you are about to see them
they flit away in a flash and hide in your hair like a nit.
They are very brightly colored with four legs and four membranous wings.
They are iridescent and glint in the light and also sparkle at night.
The tiny flashes and sparkles you see out of the corner of your eyes
are flitnits just gone, avoiding your notice in the nick of time.
The only way to see them is with a slow motion, very fast camera.
They look like fat bumble bees on steroids
with four big black eyes and mouth in perpetual smile
clothed outrageously in gaudy array of super bright colors
mini lights flashing like neons, pulsing in tune to the buzz.
They have no need to tone it down
as no one every sees them except for their kin.
They mate in kinky groups of four
and lay nits in your hair disguised as louse.
The young bitnits, as they are called, are just like their parents,
but they start of beige, until after their first molt.
They feed on human ear wax, feeding at night when you are asleep.
Sometimes you hear them as a buzz in your ears.
Flitnits are harmless and not knowing about them
is ignorant bliss amiss.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2017
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