Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Prayer for a Tuesday


The Praying Mantis
by Ogden Nash

From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us.

1 comment:

  1. That was very clever and poetic. Love the picture with it to.

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