
It has been the wettest summer I can remember this end and Android had been constantly frustrated by the slugs and snails feasting on his allotment veg! I have to admit that I am quite fond of snails and even wrote a little ditty about them as I ventured out for a stroll between showers at the weekend.
Snail Mail
I never fail to muse at snails
Their shells tell of soul secrets
The humbug and the yellow pale
The silver trail secreted
Although I know my clumsy toes
so carelessly have crushed
a snail or two, whilst on the go
These days far less I rush
Oh tawny twists and lemon crisps
Dear snails you fascinate me
Those slugs are not a patch on this
Their sliminess frustrates me
To follow you upon your trail
Entails a slower staring
It’s worth it all for you wise snails
You call…
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