2021.08.03.
The slug
The slug, when the night comesfrom the dark of the water well
he gets out to the dark of the night,
following his unmistakable instinct ,
he crawls slowly, blindly towards the garden.
Day light scares him. He is afraid
to be exposed naked. Salt scares him.
Thus as soon as a human food-step is heard,
he gathers its luminous antennas,
wrinkles his ash skin
and full of guilt he trusts the soil.
A naked and defenseless creature
the shiver of his body is his only weapon.