I Want to Be An Insect
I want to be anything but the thing I am an insect first and last to live even for just a day in a post-apocalyptic world without a human sound a soldier in an army of the ants a worker for the queen of bees to fly (with wings my own) to crawl (not on my knees) to suck the nectar of a god or be the god of butterflies I want to be anything but the bug I am. Neil Ellman Neil Ellman, a poet from New Jersey, has published numerous poems, more than 850 of which are ekphrastic, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. He has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net.
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The Ekphrastic Review
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May 2022
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