In the Smallest Thing
Mia
the mini
hamster
died in her food
bowl
shortly after Papa’s fish
floated away
and now, there’s a white moth
an “Agreeable Tiger Moth”
found at the front door
and thought to be dead
by the wing
toted him in
and set him down
startled by his sudden movement
he wasn’t dead
but tired
from the night before
too weak to take off
he’s resting on my desk
amid two tomato leaves
and a drop of watermelon
he made it through the night
no, I don’t expect him to live
long
only in my memory
this moonlit moth
that landed at my door
and gave me pause
TL