Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A Poem - Slug (2024)

Implacably oozing
O'er twig and leaf,
Sedately cruising -
Glide beneath.

Rot above me,
Rot below,
Rot that sends me
All aglow.

Rotting leaf 
And rotting bough,
I'll munch it down
I well know how.

My rasp it scrapes
And gathers in
Rotting rot
And I begin

To break down
One thing 
To the next
And never will
My plans be vexed.

I turn decay
To matter apt
To make the nettle strong,

The nutrients
That I release 
Absorbed in Nature's Song.

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