What if red antswith big long antennaeare endangered?We need to rescue themfrom the wading pool!The girl in the flamingo swimsuithones her bug phobia,tends it with extinction concerns.A spider might travel your legif you remainperfectly still,as you are part of its landscape.Maybe you are its destination,or its angel.You surely are mine.
7.13.2014
Wading Pool
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I'm always tossing spiders out into the garden, and hoping they'll get the damned squash beetles ~
ReplyDeleteIt is a huge achievement to overcome the fear of creepy crawlies, for the sake of preservation. I especially applaud the reference to the spider, and the lesson that we are part of its landscape and not the other way around.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love.
ReplyDeleteSweet summery images.
What a sweetie your girl is! Such a nice capture of a moment.
Yes, look at things in a whole new way. We all have a part in the ecosphere.
ReplyDeleteOh! I have bug phobia... The thought of a spider on my leg creeps me out... Wonderful poetry....
ReplyDeleteNice perspective and I love the ending. (I'm not afraid of bugs but snakes scare the crap outta me.)
ReplyDeleteIrrespective of how the spider behaves someone close to one's heart tips the scale. Wonderful write Marian!
ReplyDeleteHank
I love that twist of the landscape and specially the sweet ending Marian ~
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