Dr. F’s Experiment #78 – Lottie Byrne

November 14, 2025

insects – different species – fly high, humming above the tall grass
cottonweed; white specks that carry pollen pulse by
mosquitos lust is mistaken for barbaric hunger
their sentence is peine forte et dure

infrareds; microwaves; it’s thermal imaging;!;Parameter #33: Logging. Green.
a bad case of hay fever, but
the meadow is clear for full healing
its edges held in by magnetic pressure

the bugs hop freely to and fro though i am kept
reeling through weeds, feeling scratches on bare legs
a rash that rises like smoke to the cleft between collarbones
citrus that clings to the memory of dried dew drops years ago

above me ultrasound, vampire bats flitting
maybe a headache due to heat (probably something else); Algorithm #7: Red?
a bug bite on a loosely healed scar at the base of my head; itches
prickly hair shoots out like freshly cut grass in a perfectly mowed line

constant whir. clicking, i press my ear to grass
; i press my ear to grass
;, i press my ear to grass
;; i press my ear to grass
experiment with edges though my vision blurs the closer i get to it.
the membrane holds
even the faint electricity coursing through the dirt feels it