To all my friends who like to get their hands dirty...an ode to a slug provided by Lynn Holland; Poem by Matt Harvey



*Slug, duel with a non-dualist*


low-born land mollusc

high-impact intruder

free-loader, sprout-spoiler

meandering marauder

disrespecter

of my broad-beans border

you ve a one-track mind

in a one-track body

diligent pillager

soft-horned invisigoth

slow silver scribbler

paradoxically busy sloth

you re a tithe-taker, hole-maker

indiscriminate direct debitor

bold-as-brass brassica editor

you re a squishetty spoilsport

a glistening drag

the liquorice all-sort

nobody wants to find in the bag

it s time that you were brought to book

you re not as tasty as you look