And a young Darwin said

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You’ve got fireflies on your eyes.

Hugging arms

strong as beetles and smiles

like dragonflies in the summer.

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You’ve got fireflies on your eyes

and in your panties,

and a red spider you have

on your mouth

that tugs and pulls

on my heartstrings.

—

Ladybugs on your hands

and a centipede on your sides

that on my approach

always makes you ticklish.

—

What a gross

and gorgeous and strange colony

you are.

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Shinny and dangerous stuff that I

like a child

can’t wait to cautiously inspect

and take to my mouth.