This is another flashback from my old blog, incite.thought. Every now and again, I scroll through those entries, looking for links to stories that I’d like to revisit or trying to refresh my memory regarding something I discussed before. Honestly, though, the more I review those entries, the more I’m tempted to delete that blog from existence. I was so angry.

However, every now and then, I did have moments of silliness. Like this one. Listed under the title, “whimsical vacation edition,” this was a random little poem I wrote after photographing the praying mantis that hung out around my apartment every spring. I thought having a praying mantis outside my door was awesome. Jodie, however, had different thoughts on the matter, which hopefully I have properly expressed at the end of this poem 🙂

praying mantis!
offering psalms with alien palms,
your silhouette evangelical.

preying mantis!
watchful eye as I stride by,
your posture puritanical.

playing mantis!
limbs so strange, colors that change,
your image so fantastical.

my dog would love to eat you.