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Pastimes : A Poetry Corner

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To: poet who wrote (227)5/8/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Susan Saline   of 1582
 
>>>How do we know it isn't what goes on at the cool debaucheries of slugs <<<

The naked jelly of those gold bodies, little strangers glistening among the stones

Their gelatinous bodies at my mercy.

Made mostly of water, they would shrivel to nothing if they were sprinkled with salt, but I was not interested in that.

What I liked, was to draw aside the ivy
breathe the odor of the wall
and stand there in silence until the slug forgot I was there
it sends its antennas up out of its head
the glimmering horns rising like telescopes
until finally the sensitive knobs would pop out the ends
delicate and intimate

the slow elegant being coming out of hiding and gleaming in the dark air
so trusting you could cry.

The Dead and the Living
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