A Minor Role – 23rd November 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen

There’s a dead mosquito on my dashboard,
on her back, legs pointing up in the air;
Perhaps overfed, on my blood engorged;
I’m not sure how long she’s been lying there.

I’ve never been one for cleaning my cars;
something that my wife cannot comprehend.
A minor role to play in my memoirs;
I don’t know her history, only her end.

Would it be so weird to give her a name,
something infused with deeper meaning?
Well, no matter, there’s nothing to explain;
she’ll be gone once my wife does the cleaning.

Shared with W3 #186 – an unimportant thing. This is an ongoing true story.

33 thoughts on “A Minor Role – 23rd November 2025”

      1. I know the mosquito is the most dangerous animal on the planet (apart from man). They seem to be gaining in numbers here… maybe because of climate change.

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