Saturday, January 2, 2010

Paranoia

Two dead crickets on the floor and a stomach ache.
One is in the bathroom by the closet, the other
on the wide, cold, kitchen floor.
I've heard it's bad luck to kill a cricket,
something beautiful about rubbing its legs
to attract its mate.
I'd think nothing of a spider or spricket
or even two flies. But crickets don't
even come into the house, let alone
crawl in to die