Circa summer 2021 when Stella Luna cast silhouettes across Bella Luna

Yours truly jogs his memory to write
about witnessing bats appearing at twilight

swooping mammals (in search of prey) quite

silently whooshing thru the dusky night

flitting to and fro, hither and yon

across the darkening sky

analogous to erratic zigzag pattern

traced courtesy skittering kite

resembling little black birds

(think chimney sweeps)

 

predicated espying them from height

of about five feet and ten inches

beautiful creature whom

one human they excite

dark shadows temporarily
eclipsing man in the moon

obscuring said natural satellite of Earth,

come cool weather,

whence winged wafting animals own birthright

despite suffering Homo sapien

wrought them bum rap reputation.

 

Though initially frightful,

bats unique aesthetically beguiling

captivating anatomy does appeal

and compromising said species

quite a big deal

cuz they naturally regulate

an essential role in pest control,

pollinating plants and dispersing seeds.

 

Recent studies estimate bats

eat enough pests to save

more than $1 billion per year

in crop damage and pesticide costs

in the United States corn industry alone.

 

Habitat destruction undermining

aforementioned living things

akin to Damaging Achilles heel

anthropomorphising, (albeit personifying)

planet earth, an entity

all living things get their meal

cuz meddlesomeness to steal,

viz humans beings self appropriating

bountiful resources of Gaia

with selfish zeal

only spells demise

of self serving bipedal hominid.