Grasshoppers In A Box. Poem by Geoffrey Fafard

Grasshoppers In A Box.

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I caught them by their heads
One giant motley brown
One giant lollipop green
I could almost hear them
Chewing on my yellow Iris
Munching on my dead uncles
Potted lemon tree
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So with their heads poised
Between my thumb and forefinger
All I had to do was squeeze
And feed the bodies to the turtles
Or fish or maybe the ducks
All of whom were hungry
Absolutely no remaining evidence
Would or could be found
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But I felt their eyes moving
Beneath my touch
Felt their hearts beat and beat
They were eating just eating
Instinctively as you or I would
I looked at my trees and plants
Sighing I wandered
Through uncharacteristic
Emotions and thoughts.
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I placed them in a box hoping
No one would see my behaviour
I placed them in a box looking
For a solution
I placed them in a box my God
Me..! Who up until recently
Would have stamped the life
Out of these two in a split second
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I put them in a box and snuck
Down the road a few miles
And let them go by the river
By the bloody river in a big tree
I am the lowest kind of weak
But I am the highest kind of happy…!

Friday, June 22, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: life and death
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
As I eat my salad I just wait for my head to be squeezed ….
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
John Ahern 01 July 2018

Well written, Geoffrey, the grasshoppers were lucky to have met with you in a mood of kindness.

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Geoffrey Fafard 02 July 2018

Yeah...They were John! Thanks my friend...Geoffrey.

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Tom Billsborough 27 June 2018

Grasshoppers 1 Soft-hearted Geoffrey 0 . A good result for a most entertaining poem! I must say my attitude to small creatures is just as weak but do I care?

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Geoffrey Fafard 05 August 2018

Tom, Sorry I missed this great comment of yours. I am happy that you got laugh out of this one and yes I am a bit of a softy and getting more so as I grow older. Cheers Geoffrey.

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The Kind One 22 June 2018

Good for you Geoffrey. You are now God in Grasshopper land.

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Geoffrey Fafard 23 June 2018

thank to you Kind One from both me and the Grasshoppers...! love this comment. Geoffrey.

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