To be sung outside with the background instrumentation of the Brood X cicadas humming
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O Cicada
Your amorous song serenading
Decibel defying waves pulsating
         Golden orange wings and green iridescence
         Mating hues of your adolescence
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“God blessed them and said be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth…” *
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O Cicada
In my yard your soil tunnel aerates
On my hedge your carapace decorates
         Each seventeen years, the Creator rejoices
         With the harmonizing hum of all your voices
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“Let all that has breath praise God, Halleluyah” **
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O Cicada
Crimson eyes shine as you seek romance
A maple limb stages your mating dance
         Sacrifice your life for the next generation
         Renew my faith in ongoing Creation
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“How great are Your works, God, in wisdom have you made them all” ***
*Genesis 1
**Psalms 150
***Psalms 104
