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Ghazal: A Song of Lost Love

Squashed, she lay in a pool of other people's blood,
Squished, she lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Oh! Her crumpled gossamer wings shall buzz no more,
Hushed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Alas! Her broken slender legs shall land no more,
Smashed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Oh! Her maxillary palps shall sense veins no more,
Bashed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Oh! Her blunted piercing stylets shall drill no more,
Mashed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Alas! Her maxilla shall suck up blood no more,
Coshed, it lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Dreams of little maggots floating in still water,
Dashed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Hopes of a malarial life lived together,
Quashed, they lay in a pool of other people's blood!

Pitiful this male mosquito sings lamenting,
Crushed, She lay in a pool of other people's blood!

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