<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530665" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On the Second Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the second day, <br>The moth still sat, inert, <br>In the bowl of the urinal—<br>Still wedged between<br>The plastic of grating<br>Of the puck cover, <br>Still caressing<br>The deodorizing cake<br>That bakes in the warmth<br>Of several daily golden fountains: <br>In something personal.<br>By this time, <br>It had wings like wet, <br>Waxy tissue paper, <br>Folded to its body, <br>Which shribbled in <br>The humid, faux-sterile <br>Air.<br>The moth looked a paler shade, <br>Its skin warping to a half-way<br>Transparent wrinkle, <br>To a putrefied fold<br>Of dissolving empty space.<br>The poor moth.<br>I felt bad for it.<br>I tried to flush it again<br>To no avail, <br>So what else could I do? <br>I had to aim at the target<br>And take it down, <br>Sinking it momentarily<br>In the warmth of whatever<br>Left me, <br>Whatever traces of yerba mate<br>And morning shake might've<br>Percolated out<br>At 11: 14.<br>No offense to you, dear insect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530665" data-title="On the Second Day de Tim Stensloff" data-description="On the second day, The moth still sat, inert, In the bowl of the urinal— Still wedged between The plastic of grating Of the puck cover, Still caressing The deodorizing cake That bakes in the warmth Of several daily golden fountains: In somet..."></div> </div> </div>

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