Big Business
One larva forages on leaves until,
fat with the currency of chlorophyll,
it raids a crevice, deals out the cocoon
to pupate—creeps through May and sleeps through June—
toward rollout as a moth. Instinct, the boss,
prioritizes. Second quarter loss
is outweighed by the profits generated:
two hundred fifty eggs, all silver-plated.
Links:
[1] https://www.ablemuse.com/digital-books-25/v25/digital edition/Complete Digital Version of -/Able Muse, Print Edition (Number 25), Summer 2018