Fireflies
Paul Fleischman
| Light
|
Light |
| is the ink we use | |
| Night |
Night |
| is
our parchment |
|
| We're | |
| fireflies | |
| fireflies |
flickering |
| flitting |
|
| flashing | |
| fireflies |
|
| glimmering |
fireflies |
| gleaming | |
| glowing |
|
| Insect
calligraphers |
Insect calligraphers |
| practicing
penmanship |
|
| copying sentences | |
| Six-legged
scribblers |
Six-legged scribblers |
| of
vanishing messages, |
|
| fleeting graffiti | |
| Fine
artists in flight |
Fine artists in flight |
| adding
dabs of light |
|
| bright brush strokes | |
| Signing
the June nights |
Signing the June nights |
| as
if they were paintings |
as if they were paintings |
| We're | |
| flickering |
fireflies |
| fireflies |
flickering |
| fireflies. |
fireflies. |