Outside
I’m an indoor person.
Give me my air conditioning.
I sweat if it’s over seventy degrees.
I don’t ever tan, I only burn.
Mosquitos find me delicious.
Don’t ever ask me to go camping,
Even glamping is too much.
Today was enough to lure me outside,
in a chair in my driveway, evening falling.
When the fireflies started
their strobing mating dance,
and the light faded to a sliver of pink,
I came inside.
I escaped with only two mosquito bites,
so I might go out again tomorrow.
But this time I’ll wear bug spray.
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I saw my first fireflies tonight, which always lifts me. I was going to write a poem about it, but my brain led me elsewhere.
still laughing…