A new alphabet of radiance
presented by a planthopper,
court jester of a traveling
caravan of color.

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Planthopper | Acanalonia conica

The last soldier leaves Eden with
a one-way ticket to Hell, but gets lost
in the wind-blown underworld after
too many rest stops.

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Soldier beetle | Chauliognathus lugubris

Discards from the Hollywood dream factory,
songbirds on the lam,
defiant vaudevillians caught in the act,
their lives held together by a breeze.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

A troubled heroine searches
the secret heart of a dandelion,
uncertain pathways crowding out the sun.

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Pavement ant | Tetramorium caespitum