Dark Armored Beetle

Poetry
Written By Joshua Wait

Dark armored beetle
stumbles through flower petals,
copulates, then sighs.

Photo of a beetle on a poppy
Joshua Wait

Joshua Wait studied English at UC Berkeley. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the relationship between art and poetry in the New York School. He received a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served in programs for children, youth, and college students, in an organization addressing climate change, and in the tech industry as a CTO. He currently divides his time between his family and his artistic practice.

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