CICADA
Leaving my apartment building this morning
Walking down the pathway to Yellowstone Boulevard
Resting on a plant I noticed a large insect
Initially I thought it was a dragonfly
I texted a picture to my niece who is my personal Wikipedia
To nature as she lives out in the country in Southern Virginia
She told me it wasn't a dragonfly but a cicada
According to her:
"It probably recently hatched. They live underground for
19 years and then surface and only live for a few weeks."
The cicada I observed on the leaf didn't move much
Maybe it was acclimating to life in
The wilds of Queens
Or perhaps it was just taking a nap
Before it eats sings and mates
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