Two Insect Songs

We're whirligig beetles 
we're swimming in circles,              We're whirligig beetles 
black backs by the hundred.         we're swimming in circles, 
                                                                                      black backs by the hundred.
                                                                                      We're spinning and swerving
We're spinning and swerving.    as if we were on a
as if we were on a                                      mad merry-go-round.
mad merry-go-round.
We never get dizzy 
from whirling and weaving           We never get dizzy
and wheeling and swirling.            from whirling and weaving
                                                                                      and wheeling and swirling.
                                                                                     The same goes for turning. 
The same goes for turning.            revolving and curving. 
revolving and curving,                        gyrating and twirling.
gyrating and twirling.
The crows fly directly, 
but we prefer spirals,                          The crows fly directly, 
arcs, ovals, and loops.                          but we prefer spirals, 
                                                                                     arcs, ovals and loops.
                                                                                     We're fond of the phrase
"As the whirligig swims".                  "As the whirligig swims"
                                                                                    meaning traveling by  
                                                                                    the most circular
circular                                                              roundabout                                 
roundabout                                                  backtracking
backtracking                                               indirect

indirect                                                            serpentine
serpentine                                                   tortuous 
tortuous                                                        twisty and
twisty,                                                              turny,
best possible                                            best possible 
route.                                                               route.

Light                                                         Light
                                                                        is the ink we use
Night                                                        Night
is our parchment
                                                                        We're
                                                                        fireflies
fireflies                                                   flickering 
flitting
                                                                        flashing
fireflies 
glimmering                                       fireflies
                                                                        gleaming
glowing
Insect calligraphers                Insect calligraphers
practicing penmanship
                                                                        copying sentences
Six-legged scribblers             Six-legged scribblers
of vanishing messages,
                                                                        fleeting graffiti
Fine artists in flight                  Fine artists in flight
adding dabs of light
                                                                        bright brush strokes
Signing the June nights       Signing the June nights 
as if they were paintings.   as if they were paintings
                                                                         We're 
flickering                                               fireflies
fireflies                                                    flickering
fireflies.                                                 fireflies.