Cinnamon Anenome
Virginia Salter

cinnamon anemone
sittin’ on a rock
beside the sea

wavin’ its tentacles
lurin’ in prey
hasn’t much to say

hermit crab
comes strollin’ ‘round
thinkin’ of treasures
he has found

tosses up shrimp
one claw at a time
“Hello, Cin,
ol’ friend o’ mine

here’s a bit
of food for you
let me know
when you get through

though I’m a hermit
I like you, Friend.
You don’t ask questions
‘bout the time I spend

‘n’ since I’m a hermit
it works out well
to drop on by
‘n’ sit a spell

© October 16,  2000

Cinnamon Anemone, 2
Virginia Salter

Cinnamon anemone
has a natural enemy
to decimate his family
eating with great gluttony
is the Tompot Blenny,
Parablennius gattorugine,
wanting his realm quite empty
of any kind anemone.

Now if you had an enemy
that could eat so voraciously
what would be your victory
over such a travesty
of being eaten ravenously
by such an animal entity
as a Tompot Blenny?

© October 17, 2000