A Piercing High

                                                                                                    Author: Bruce Marlin
Image: A Cicada

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Melts the quiet of twilight
Sudden piercing highs
But just as suddenly it
turns melodious

Layered
lingering but firm

Oblivious of the
encroaching dark, 
An eerie
ensemble beckons

An orchestra for
the long haul 
Throughout the night
Morbid in nature perhaps

Mating game or distress call

All sounding the same

to the unaccustomed ear