Macro Monday---And A Poem

In honor of the praying mantis we caught last weekend....

That praying mantis over there

Is really not engaged in prayer.

That praying mantis that you see

Is really preying (with an e).

It preys upon the garter snake.

It preys upon the bumblebee.

It preys upon the cabbage worm,

The wasp, the fly, the moth, the flea.

(And sometimes, if its need is great,

It even preys upon its mate.)

With prey and preying both so endless,

It tends to end up rather friendless

And seldom in commended much

Except by gardeners and such.

By: Mary Ann Hoberman

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