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Mrs Preying Mantis

Discerning the nature of creator
By his creation, one finds signs
Sculpture, snapshots fallen from wallet

The curve, a sigh, an arm, a thigh

But I stumble on the rumble of action
the animals; their ways (our ways?)

Most disturbed by the message of Mrs. Preying Mantis
Consuming her consort to the waist

While he still throbs

Lesson, or warning?

Author notes

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x236/BjornBee/Sepl2006341.jpg

This will have to do for now; Its a pic of mantis eating hummingbird. Maybe I'll find what I'm after...

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21529

Here it is... Men, watch at your own peril...

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  • cricketjeff gold member
    July 3, 2008
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    Mantises and spiders
    Dragonflies and man
    Male-eating beasts of nature
    Who grab it while they can


  • Robin Candor
    May 19, 2008

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    Wow! I think the mantis and the hummingbird get at me the most. I caught a hummingbird in my hand one on a dare. It kind of freaked me out that I could actually grab it while it was dining on some flowers. I released it immediately. Your piece showed me that once again you can take about any proposition presented to you and make it a poem. I still want to talk to you about some theological thoughts you shared with me lately but have been tied up at work. I haven't forgotten you at all my friend. RC