GIANT BLACK BUGS EVERYWHERE
M.W. Hamel
I wonder
if that giant black bug
that was walking on
my black sheet
while I was
laying in bed
was an
illusion
to be honest
I’d had a few
but I heard
something
and looked down
and saw it for
the briefest moment
then smacked it away
the black bug
flew across the room
and careened off
the fan
and lay on its back
slightly twitching
cursing
I picked it up
in toilet paper
threw it in the toilet
pissed on it
as it came to
from the shock
of the collision
then flushed
the rest of the night
I kept listening
jumping up and
turning on the light
screaming
“I’ll kill all you little fuckers”
but nothing was
there
just
an illusion
