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Taken on St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.

Snail Sense Begin with a skin that can feel light, And is sensitive to drying, will shrink From excess of heat or cold.

Tentacles for feeling and smelling, Capable of retraction, like a finger Withdrawing from a rubber glove.

Blurry images conveyed by eyes: Little periods, terminating stalks Inflated by excess blood.

Snails feel in full technicolour, Their skin is moist, ripe for arousal Like a lip after licking.

Source material. Arthur Erskine Ellis, British Snails, Oxford, 1969, p. 13.

(Poem by Giles Watson, 2005.) For more of my poems about snails and slugs, see:

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Author Giles Watson from Oxfordshire, England
Camera location49° 54′ 37.7″ N, 6° 17′ 50.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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