There's something comforting about a mosquito bite
to be shared by a creature so light
she seems to float instead of fly through the air
and so wise
race-car precise she knows where to find
the inner red, the warm rich substance
that is nectar for the young
and when she bites ah
there's a pain I can finally get to
not hidden in the mind's denials
but itchable
like Copernicus was addicted
to a circle
and had to scratch