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To a Slug

Your pace of life is just sublime
When blessed with seasons, wet and warm
With foliage and fungi, you mark your time
A gastropod; a handsome form
As your journey is marked with a trail of slime
I wish you well, as you perform
 
O slink away from the hearty hedgehog
Spread word of your foes with silent talks
Avoid beer traps, salt piles, the brazen frog
And gardeners with their rakes and forks
I know every journey's a slow footslog
So, use well those tentacles and fine eye stalks
 
 
(using "To a Fish" by Leigh Hunt as a prompt)

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Comments

Chrissy Reeves

Wed 13th Jul 2016 22:06

I like this poem. I never considered slugs as sweet before reading your words. Well done you've altered my perspective on the little critter. Chrissy.

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