Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Bad Instinct

"Fruit flies atop of beer..."

Bad Instinct

Fruit flies atop of beer --
nature's smallest drunks,
except their brains are so tiny
that there's no room for addiction,
just bad instinct leading them to a wet death,
while our dry shoed life believes itself
smart for inventing swimming lessons,
and turning cloud gazing into a zoo,
where the giant fluffy animals mean we love meaning
enough to believe we don't have a problem.







Article © Richard LeDue. All rights reserved.
Published in the April 1, 2024 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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