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there's a bug
in my ice tea. a one inch
bug
with wings,
antennae,
thin legs, he's dead,
drowned
I imagine, caught
under the ice.
I've already taken a few
sips.
stirred in my sweet
and low.
squeezed out the lemon
wedge.
he has little dot black
eyes
which stare back at
me as I hold the glass
up to the light
showing
the waitress.
oh, she says, I do see him,
let me get you another,
not surprised at all.
no charge.