By: Brianna Lee Hubler
Copyright © 2022 Brianna Lee Hubler. All rights reserved.
A many-legged, miniscule marauder, A stealthy, silent soldier, Feeds upon the decaying and the dead. With a mouthful of rusty needles, He fertilizes the forest floor, Decorates his shiny, black, skeletal armor, With mustard-yellow war paint, Warns away the furry, bucktoothed giants, And the feathered, beaked pilots, Tempted to pierce and crack The forest infantryman’s bony plates, And receive a mouthful of cyanide. Once upon a time, He marched across my camera screen, Photobombed my photo of a flower. I followed him from a careful distance And snuck a snapshot of his stride. He carried on his mission, And I carried on with mine.
Works Cited
Feldkamp, Lisa. “The Millipede That Protects Itself with Cyanide.” Cool Green Science, 17 Oct. 2017, https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/10/17/millipede-protects-itself-cyanide-yellow-spotted-bugs/. Accessed 6 July 2022.
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