Ignis fatuus

 

 

photo:  Matt Del Nagro

 

 

Ignis fatuus

(pronounced ig-nis-fat-chu-is)

Will-o’-the-wisp

Foolish fire

A ghostly fire, misleading

Seen over bogs

that lead you astray

when you follow their light receding

We carve them today –

eat their seeds,

then we go trick-or-treating

 

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