Gold, polygonal shapes.
\nRectangular bars,
\nhexagonal prisms,
\ndiscs,
\ntruncated octahedrons
\nwith soft fuzz edges and
\nlittle black legs popping off
\ntheir sides.
\nThey were fighting each other
\nin tar-crackled dirt by a roadside stop.
\nA few feet over they were bobbing around this pond
\nthe little ones dunking the larger ones
\nwith unnecessary ferocity.
\nSomeone said they must have come from outer space.
\nA tom-boy of a girl with tough brown hair sat by the pond.
\nShe’d been there for some time
\nwatching them.
\n“Be careful not to get their eggs on you,” she cautioned,
\nnodding at my cap-toe Brunori’s.
\n“Little specks. You don’t want to bring them
\nback with you
\nto the city.”
\n“Maybe we should call someone…?” I said.
\n“Call who?”
\n“Call Time<\/i>,” I said. “Or Newsweek<\/i>. Get someone to cover these
\ngold colored alien fighting bugs
\nbefore they kill us all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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