bat_and_fruit
bufflehead
(
a
rainforest
lovestory)
High
in
the
canopy
she
glides,
midst
vines
and
sleeping
howlers.
Her
sonic
cries
strike
the
skin
of
ripe
fruit
,
and
return
in
tremulous
waves
to
her
silken
ears
.
Darting, diving,
she
collides
with
torrid
precision
against
the
tree's
swollen
ovary.
Snared
in
her
membranous
grasp
,
the
fruit
twists--
and
relinquishes.
She
flies
to
nether
forest
,
where
she
hangs
upside
-down,
masticating fragrant Dipterix
flesh
.
Tangy
nectar
wets
her
fur
,
and
she
drops
the
gnawed
core
to
the
envious
insects
below
.
You
are
sweet
fruit
,
my
love
.
I
am
the
night
creature
that
devours
you
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from