Fireflies Paul Fleischman

Fireflies
Paul Fleischman

Light	Light
	is the ink we use
Night	Night
is our parchment
	We're
	fireflies
fireflies	flickering
flitting
	flashing
fireflies
glimmering	fireflies
	gleaming
glowing
Insect calligraphers	Insect calligraphers
practicing penmanship
	copying sentences
Six-legged scribblers	Six-legged scribblers
of vanishing messages,
	fleeting graffiti
Fine artists in flight	Fine artists in flight
adding dabs of light
	bright brush strokes
Signing the June nights	Signing the June nights
as if they were paintings	as if they were paintings
	We're
flickering	fireflies
fireflies	flickering
fireflies.	fireflies.