A yellow probe collects the fire of the sun,
leaving behind a bright flash of elegance.

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

Newborn mantids escape their womb,
doppelgänger sisters ready to bewitch
an unsuspecting world.

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Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

A songbird couple steals gossip from the wind,
rumors of winter’s end echoed
in each beating wing.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

A star-crossed ant topples angels
from their perch before the universe
breaks up and winks out.

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Eastern black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus

A confusion of legs eclipse the sinking sun,
obsolete relics in love, burning out the day.

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Crane fly | Tipulidae