contemplating the reproductive cycle of snails

For D Connolly -- thanks for the inspiration

She spent her afternoons

contemplating

hermaphrodites --

although it's not half

as dirty as it sounds --

it might be harder to explain

than internet porn,

but not half as

entertaining

as saying, boss, I'm sorry,

this work is so

forlorn,

I'd rather spend

my time learning,

how baby snails

are born.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Gee]

Porn or snails, hmmm.
Tis said that if women had no legs they would too leave a trail to follow.
Got to say this is the first snail poem I’ve come across and a humorous one to boot :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for popping in. I appreciate it

[Alfred Kukitz]

Quirky, cool a women whose soul I'd like to meet!

regards,
al

[Lyn Anderson]

Met. Many times :)

[Alfred Kukitz]

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[MomzillaNC]

This poem seems to me to be making light of a weird research assignment. Weird research assignments are not an alien concept to me either. I’ve had research requirements that left me wishing and daydreaming about doing anything else.

[Lyn Anderson]

I actually assisted on a PHD on algae growth in another life. Then someone I knew sent me this thing on baby snail reproduction,and voila...:)

[barleygirl]

I have no idea how snails are born, but they must be prolific, since they're often so numerous! I admire your playful wit & imagination, making as much of a statement about the work at hand, as to your tendency to daydream *wink! wink!* (((HUGS)))

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for opining on this much less serious of my pieces.

[Bare trees]

I see the humor in this and I'm indeed smiling.

[Lyn Anderson]

Hello. Glad you stopped in for a smile.

[andrew mitchell]

Lovely funny piece and maybe not a bad idea.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank Dani for the inspiration. D Connolly

[Papaya]

Oh wow, this gives me a lot to think about. It's funny, cute and kind of out there. :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks.I appreciate it

[Papaya]

You're welcome! :)

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Brilliant, funny, flowing...I imagine would be a very slow birth...haha. Starz

[Lyn Anderson]

slow and squiggly, and many, many snails, thank you.

[Shannon]

I love the word play, the consistent rhyme feels persistent rather than overdone.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. There's a poet or two in here who feels that my rhyme is not good because there is only "a hint of rhyme" -- it's nice to get a compliment on it.

[Shannon]

Well, I Think It Really Works.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

now you have me picturing the birth of a snail...god, it must be a slow birth...wonder how painful it is coming down that windy tract.

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

All Dani's fault, I swear. Lol. Thanks for reading. 100s at a time, tiny squiggly precocious snails.