Snail

Slime trails
Cover walls
Windows
Doors
Each leaf stalk is shredded
Denuded
Ravaged
Violated
Greenery gives way
Under the onslaught
Of pin-prick teeth
Food for the mighty nocturnal army
Soldiers
Of the battle
Carrying their armor
Their homes
A refuge
Fearing nought
But their prickled nemesis
Relishing
The unintended feast
Laid before them
A banquet
Spread
on the brown cloth
of
The flower bed
Starter
Main
Dessert
Entre et apres dejeuner
Napkin
An option
Please
Have a drink
Try the beer
Trap


Terry Rhiannyr
August, 2012