TheBanyanTree: ladybugs VI

[Mike Pingleton]

ai! ai! the red ones cry
who are these strangers who flecken the sky?
these menacing motes in the goddess' eye
orange infidels in the aether a-fly

alone! alone! the orange ones moan
how did we get to this place on our own?
we huddled in winter hard under a stone
dreaming of china, dreaming of home

soon! soon! the ladybugs croon
the others will burn all their gristle and swoon
malice and spite in the month of the moon
mayhem and murder we call the next tune

painted chinese ladies
garnet local dandies
struggles in the garden
airborne warring candies