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A gnat evades being smashed
by twenty thousand times its mass
yet keeps coming back for more

Flies in and out of nostrils
with carefree abandon
resides in an eyelid or two

The wind from the blow that would destroy
is sufficient to propel it out of harm’s way

Do consider slow stealth assertion of the finger pad
as the more effective means to transition the gnat
a step back home to the dust

© Chagall 2014