On Behalf Of The Slime Mold Poem by Todd Giberson

On behalf of the slime mold I make my plea
Let's treat them, please, more kind-i-ly
Let's not ignore them when we meet
Nor waffle-stomp them with our feet
(You could be reported to the S.P.C.S.M.
A society for the prevention of cruelty to them)
The lowly slime mold seeks no strife
And leads a saprophytic life
Yet we would oust them all from Nature
For wielding icky nomenclature
For powdery scab and clubroot of cabbage
We hence despise and think them savage
They do these things, I ought to mention,
Simply to attract attention
They'd like to have their thoughts made known
Let's listen ere we cast a stone
I ask you, would you yield the podium
To a quasi-fungal slime plasmodium?

My plea, may I reiterate,
Let's treat them nice before it's late
Let's let them all express their thoughts
Before our every city rots
Massive compost piles - a lugubrious reminder
Of not having treated the slime mold kinder