Hailey Leithauser
To a Mosquito
 

Some little, pretty hymns
exist, but yours, Madam,
is not among them.

A robust gnat, or bee,
will out-hum you, a flea
out-gum you, while the knee

fidget of a random
cricket mournfully strums
a solemner anthem.

 

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