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Field Bling

Nights when it's warm
 
and no one is watching,
 
I walk to the edge
 
of the road and stare
 
at all the fireflies.
 
I squint and pretend
 
they're hallucinations,
 
bright made-up waves
 
of the brain.
 
I call them,
 
field bling.
 
I call them,
 
fancy creepies.
 
It's been a long time
 
since I've wanted to die,
 
it makes me feel
 
like taking off
 
my skin suit
 
and seeing how
 
my light flies all
 
on its own, neon
 
and bouncy like a
 
wannabe star.
 
---Field Bling by Ada Limón, from book Bright Dead Things

18 x 36, acrylic on canvas