Crafting Lightbeams

cupping hands

Chemical-infused light

Wrapped in inky night

In such a way, the fly

Forced you to find it

But, just as easily,

would lose itself

To our clasping words.

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.Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. This chemically produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale red.