Pudibundus -House, the Vulgar of Home

On the wall one pale tussock,

caleteara pudibunda. a red tail moth

named for Merian, the famous

butterfly and insect painter.

Yet, still this is just a house,

the vulgar of home.

Opened to its page

in a stained coffee table book,

world register of marine species (WORM).

classification: animalia (kingdom)

arthropoda (phylum) crustacea (subphylum)

class: subclass: common: a blushing crab

named hepatus pudibunda.

Yet, still this is just a house,

the vulgar of home.

Surrounded by the sweet song

of a canyon canastero,

faded red tail on a stone, food in its bill.

Little ovenbird, asthenes pudibunda,

builds his nest in the corner

entertaining peruvian vacationers.  

Yet, still this is just a house,

the vulgar of home.

Swallow pain modestly,

reading out loud from that special chair

of the women who fought like demons,

female soldiers of the civil war.

Consumed by the whole, almost forgotten

in oppression by omission,

more conventional history

from that house that is just a house,

the vulgar of home.

pudibundus,

shamefaced pudibundus,

the world has caved in a time or two

but don’t be consumed by the devastation.

Instead be in awe at the love, at the hope,

at such a life shared. At the power few get to touch

from their vulgar houses,

when yours is such a home!