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Lightning bugs.(Poem)
Lightning bugs We used to keep our lightning bugs in jars with holes punched through the lids so they'd have air. They'd creep along the sides, their yellow stars dimming to green in protest of our care. To woo dark females hidden in the grass, the bugs we failed to catch would gently rise like champagne bubbles in a twilit glass, filling the air with soft light and ...
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