INSTINCT (Marva)

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Last night, a flying-ant

perched on my Laptop,

probably buzzing back at

the Coke Studio playing speakers,

beyond the frequencies of my ears.

 

I once put my Maestro debit card

on it. She flapped her wings,

he tried to crawl out of the

weight of the pauper’s card

and then I moved the card away.

 

I confine, then I make free.

 

At that moment, it flew away,

on my hand painted curtain.

She flew then, back to the card

slanting on my lighter and

crawled beneath the card again!

 

And I,

I craved to smash him,

crush the wings and the tiny Black body,

But what if the magnetic strip gets worn out?

 

– Marva.