apology to a fly

 

i originally named you Phthiria relativitae, but now you are a Poecilognathus

it was short-lived, and you were happy then;

i am very sorry, but you are no longer a funny fly

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

genetic plaything

 

today a leg sticks out of my head

tomorrow i have wrinkled wings

i am: drosophila melanogaster

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

the entomophthora blues

 

fly with mouth wide open

mindless flight

stuck to the window, all fuzzy

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

flies that cannot swim

 

to the fly laying at the bottom of my pan trap

why were you attracted to yellow

when there is no yellow in the rainforest

 

(by neal evenhuis)

he can’t wear long pants

 

Campsicnemus magius

has incredibly complex worm-like processes on his legs

yet he somehow does not trip over himself

 

(by neal evenhuis)

phorid identity crisis

 

if i were a coffin fly

i’d rather be called a scuttle fly

it sounds more like i have boundless energy

 

(by neal evenhuis)

 

arctic diversity

 

beyond the white bear

a million wings carve the sky

flies rule the tundra

 

to a house fly

 

always landing where it shouldn’t

flying around my head or lamp

sometimes a dark spot on my wall

 

(by anna solecki)

mating swarm

 

a cloud of females

dancing on a beam of light

waiting for the one

 

leaf miner

 

sheltered from hot sun

grazing through the palisade

footprints in the columbine