Mosquito Message

V.2 (10 October 2022)

Bugs biting like barnacles 
My shipwreck anchor ankles 
Mosquito-feast, forming on 
My feet form like everyone 
Wants a piece of Me, but I 
Am too busy distracting my 
Self to notice those itchy 
Vampires ~ 'til scratching 
Begins distracting Me from 
My Me who's distracting my 
Self, from whatever is now 
Happening somewhere so far 
Beyond our reaching; maybe 
Mosquitos meant to be as a 
Message to us, & saying We 
Should be kicking our feet 

V.1 

Bugs like barnacles on my anchors 
Mosquito-feast feet form outside 
Everyone wants a piece of Me 
Too busy distracting my Self 
To notice the itchy vampires 
'til scratching is distracting 
Me from my Me distracting my Self 
From whatever it is in happening 
Somewhere far beyond our reaching; 
Maybe mosquitos meant as a message 
That We should be kicking our feet