The Mosquito

[AlienGirl]

"Do not swat at her," the Child-of-the-Margins said. "She only takes a drop of blood, and your marrow makes more in a moment. And she takes that blood, and she lays eggs. Some of her babies feed tiny fish, who are eaten by bigger fish, who feed the herons. And some of her babies grow up to be boy mosquitoes, and they make sure the tiny fragile spring flowers grow. And some of her babies feed swallows and dragonflies who dance on the air; while others feed the bats and frogs who sing you to sleep at night. And a few, just a few, survive to visit you--their grandmother--and ask a drop of blood again, so the cycle can continue; and they all take part of you back to the forest, and so you will be shared among all of Life and you will never die."

Tucker

[denbot]

1. Very cool, is this your writing?

If not where did you find this.. I don't like mosquito's but this ode to the little bloodsucker's is pretty cool. Since I am exposed to urban mosquito's, which don't support a chain of life other then the occasional frog nosh and a multitude of well fed spiders I'm swatting them anyway.

[AlienGirl]

2. Yeah, it's mine. Inspired by a mosquito I fed earlier tonight...Ain't insomnia cool?

I just can't sleep.

Tucker

[RushIsRot]

4. Insomnia is nothing over which you should lose any sleep.

[hobbit709]

3. And in return you will get

Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Malaria, Encephalitis, and a host of other nasties.