Wing Gallery
I.
The straight wildtype
wing
arches like a seamless sail
lined like veins on a leaflet
and dotted with ordered cells
folded or apically constricted
perfectly well
by shroom protein into a classic wing
without alteration, or modification
allowing swift flight and graceful glides
about the glass vile
but neglected by the scientist
engrossed by mutation
II.
The crinkly experimental
wing
curls up along the edges
like the
browned, folded chip fried to
a burnt crisp at the bottom of the bag
branded with a significantly larger
evolutionary disadvantage
than the straight wing variety
concocted by a factory lab
corrupted by cell machinery on overdrive
folding wing cell sheets
into crimped, crumpled
disarray
III.
The virginal female
wing
Ridged with cerulean blue
Much like the rippled edges of a water
droplet breached by pigmented brush
which strokes gently
Preserving the vulnerable rhythmic inflations
Of the pale white female abdomen
Wielded by an observer of lines, curves,
coloring of a wildtype wing which will
Inevitably mature to grayness
And fall under the forceps
Or funnel into the
fly morgue