I caught a fly today, in mid-air with one hand.
I heard it to my right and my hand sprung out
and it was snatched
without looking.
Now,
It goes without saying
that this means I am some sort of deadly super-spy,
put into sleeper mode,
hidden amidst the sublimely mundane
only faintly conscious
of my true importance.
But my question,
what I’m wondering,
I guess,
is this:
When the hit squad comes for me and I dispatch them with terrifying efficiency and
the government agents show up and tell me
that I’m in hiding from a cabal of the world’s deadliest killers
known
as The Gemini Contingency, and
a crusty, older, disavowed agent shows up and tells me that,
damn it,
I’m not hiding from the Gemini Contingency,
I AM the Gemini Contingency,
and
I grapple with who am I really, and realize I want my family and quiet life,
because they may have created the perfect killer,
but the one thing they didn’t count on
was love
and
I use my deadly skills one last time to take down the very organization that created me
I’m wondering if anyone can recommend
a good tailor.
Because I’m pretty sure
I’m the kind of super spy with a bespoke suit.
But
while it has been suggested that catching the fly means none of these things
I think we can agree
this is absurd.
I think we can agree
that the suggestor is part of the conspiracy
Because if so, that I am not hiding amongst the sublimely mundane,
but that,
damn it,
I AM the sublimely mundane
That I can skip the torment and drama
and even the tailored suit and
just realize I want my family and my quiet life
because the one thing I didn’t count on
was love
Then
I am not the protagonist, and
the story isn’t about me at all
Just a life
buzzing at the periphery
waiting to be snatched
without looking.
April 10, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Okay, I love how this comes back around to itself.
April 10, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Also, Happy National Poetry Month. :)
April 11, 2024 at 8:07 am
You too!
April 11, 2024 at 3:36 am
Amazing!