Each day, more flies descend and buzz my porch. I bathe

Dinges, Richard, Jr.

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Westview Volume 35 Issue 1 Summer Article 29 5-1-2019 On Wings Richard Dinges Jr. Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westview  Part of the Fiction Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Photography Commons, and the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation Dinges, Richard Jr. (2019) "On Wings," Westview: Vol. 35 : Iss. 1 , Article 29. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westview/vol35/iss1/29 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Westview by an authorized administrator of SWOSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact phillip.fitzsimmons@swosu.edu.  71volume 35, number 170On WingsBy Richard Dinges Jr.Each day, more fliesdescend and buzzmy porch. I bathe.I shower. I usescented soap, rinse,and dry. I sit and wave them away.I sit in evening’sgather of gloam.I imagine a blackcloud that humsa dirge overmy aging meat,a song sung byflies who knowmy destiny.

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