vilify

a hot damp wind blows
vengeful mosquitos
dive bomb
in vicious formation
while gentler lightning bugs
float in luminescent harmony
fragments of sky
reflect in the dirty sheen
on the pavement
and vilify
the moon's reflection
in greasy puddles
as steam rises
from the baked earth
the passing shower
not enough
to have driven off the bugs
or the heat
but like bent glass
refract and distort it