the advantages of snails

abigfatcanofworms nature, Personal Reflection December 21, 2020 1 Minute

a snail on our window
escaping from the rain
with translucent antennae 
backlit and aglow

the slow dart
of that sluggish 
tapered foot

they are much warred upon
these softly creatures
and their infamous slime

but with no hands 
and just one foot
at least it's hard
to be inept.

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Published December 21, 2020

3 thoughts on “the advantages of snails”

johnlmalone says:

December 21, 2020 at 9:40 pm

I was drawn to the subject matter and have written a few snail poems myself: yours is good 🙂

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1. abigfatcanofworms says:
  
  December 21, 2020 at 9:43 pm
  
  I am feeling rather one footed myself with the writing business at the moment. Maybe all the stuff I sneezed out with the damn cold was creativity. Anyway, very grateful to Fandango’s One Word prompts to keep me dreaming up something each evening.
  
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abigfatcanofworms says:

January 29, 2021 at 12:37 pm

Reblogged this on Out of the Cave and commented:

After John Malone’s “Snail” and after Beth’s “Slowing Down”

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