semi
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2008.06.05
There are these insects in Japan that the locals call semi. They're like cicadas, but instead of making a long sibilant crcrcrcrcrcrcrcrcrcr sound they make a bizarre waaaah waahhhh wahhhhhh waaaahhhhhhhh waaaaaaahhhhhhhh wahhhhh wahhh wahh cry.
Anyway, I often remember them as an August bug, but here we go!