<<Which side of those fenceposts are the snails choosing to estivate on? Sun
side or shade side? --It's summer, after all.
Do you worry about the few that sit out on the edge instead of hanging with
the group?>>
my interest is almost strictly aesthetic, I'd prefer not to anthropomorphise
the sleepy dears beyond the necessities of metaphor.
KS
2008/12/15 Susan Holahan <[log in to unmask]>
> on 12/15/08 10:28 AM, kasper salonen at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > what would be more likely to spark a poem, for me, is the picture on the
> > wikipedia page for "estivation" where we see white snails covering the
> poles
> > of a barbed wire fence:
> >
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Kadina-snails-climb-fence-0
> > 716.jpg
> >
> > a lovely, and inspiring, image!
> >
> > KS
> >
> Which side of those fenceposts are the snails choosing to estivate on? Sun
> side or shade side? --It's summer, after all.
>
> Do you worry about the few that sit out on the edge instead of hanging with
> the group?
>
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