Praying Mantis

Blurry eye balls - up to it close.
Right there
clinging
on the screen door swinging.

Mantis, a big bug come to mind-prey,
or are you praying to come inside?

A plus size Insectivore
at my door
basking in its own eerie light.

A deadly beautiful grin
wants to come in.

We are not alone
green aliens abound,
have been around
clinging to this spinning Earth
for all their worth.

Mantis-like, they have parked
their flying craft in our brains.

My blurry ball of sight - blinks.
I see you!
I see how you burgle my mind
then crunch it up
in your mechanical jaws.

You can't fool me -
I tremble at your stillness,
beat the air with my fist
but
you're always there
until you magically disappear.

Your black eyes bulge
at my fuzziness,
pierce through
my soggy-eyed vision

like it's me,
me that's the weird one!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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