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RE: The Very Public Death of a Cicada
I think the loud buzzing is less agony and more calling for a girl cicada to get it on with—then die. But who knows, maybe the anticipation is agony. What a life, eh, 16 years in the dark, then in short order: singing, sex, death. What a life!
They haven't come out here yet. I'm looking forward to it. I enjoy the sound.
It sounds like agony to me. Maybe that is attractive, maybe not.
Two years ago when I was in China it was deafening and hard to fall asleep at times. Now it's mostly still silent. And then this dead one dropped right next to me. Taking me along in his death... almost.
I have many friends (Japanese and foreign alike) who feel the same as you. I guess I'm strange in that I find the sound relaxing. It reminds me of the ocean.