Dimming Lights
the dark seems a little darker
these days- the world a bit
less wonderful-
North America seeing
dramatic decline in fireflies.
Thailand
losing the lumi-
nescent beetles. For centuries
they blinked along Thai rivers
with splendid synchronicity.
visitors compared their
lights to chandeliers
Locals were able
to fish solely by their flashes.
the glow appears to be
fading. “ years ago I saw
many,”
Now
there are no more.”
No one has
confirmed the
population drops,
habitat loss and light
pollution. In Thailand,
snails have
been undercut
by waves from
Artificial light
meanwhile,
makes it hard for firefly to
find each other in the
changing night.
- Nicole Afable
This is from the black out poetry I did. I wrote (typed) it in the same structure as it is in from the raw copy, leaving out the words that I didn’t need and turned them into spaces.
