Best Horse Fly Poems

Yesterday...
I had 
an idea...

today, 
it sifts 
through a

a mesh...
of...
memory:

the 
pebble 
slips 

down 
the hill 
of 

the dune
unnoticed, 
'til 

the 
boy 
kicks

a horse-
fly.
And 

the 
minute 
sun-

bleached 
stones 
are tossed

into 
the air,
in which 

they
resemble 
a chaotic 

dance 
of 
gnats;

and 
the 
edges...

of
the
dune

slide
by 
their 

-hidden figures-

that 
curve
into 

-each other-

like...

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It came like a whisper
on wings too dirty for angels,
a fly with no gospel—
just bloodlust and fire.
I don’t remember the bite—
only the stories they told me—
the brain-boil, the silence
of a body already leaving, 
the baby too lethargic 
to be called alive,
and the ice-water baths.

Above the...

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