giant stag beetle with broken antler and limp still freaks me out
Giant Stag Beetle [Haiku]
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once majestic,
tombs of ancient kings
reclaimed by nature

rumpled beauty:
chaotic but bright,
purpose unknown

a stooped farmer,
fingers in the soil,
forgets back pain


light sweeps slowly
across the cave floor;
can bats tell?

bamboo, young & supple,
looms over knurly and
stunted hardwoods

i’ve seen nettles,
& i’ve felt nettles —
better the former