Lightning Bugs On a Summer Night
Lightning Bugs on a Summer Night
By Elton Camp
A display that I still sometimes see
Is of lightning bugs flashing at me
In truth, they don’t know I’m there
And if they did, they wouldn’t care
The light they make is a sexual trait
Used by the males to attract a mate
In the old days before security lights
To see them wink was a great delight
Us little kids rushed out with glee
How many we could catch to see
A full jar was success, we did think
Although they made our hands stink
We enjoyed their light for a while
Then released them with a smile
I’d really like to do that once again
At a senile old man folks would grin
So only a fond memory it has to stay
I dare not again try to do it that way
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