the office of sweetness

biting my tongue, barely breathing
I watched a tiny body creep
across my blue denim lap
her pinprick legs gripped
her body swayed
GO, gogogo, I silently shouted
her abdomen pulsing
carapace glossy black
yellow dusted floral fuzz
clung beneath, left over
from previous meetings
scheduled one, after another
after another

How can you rest
with sososo much work to do?
quick vibrations, insistent
sparked her velvet back
TAKE OFF, I willed. LEAVE!
THEY’RE WAITING FOR YOU!
and, as if she heard
or felt some stirring summons
Gatherer #6,292 lifted
ziplining delicately
away