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Her mum and dad are horrified She melts and says: "How sweeeeet!" Her arms covered in slimy tracks One snail climbing her feet And on her hand, infinitely small The tiniest snail of them all Carries all the love that she can't hide Her mum climbs up the wall Her dad completely petrified I make a tiny bed of leaves We let the baby snail with care Inside the bed, it's sitting there She murmurs: "I love snails" And I love her, Until that night When, on my head, one tiny snail Leaves its very slimy trail Sigh...

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Carol Eastman

Date: 1/26/2017 3:57:00 PM

An absolutely amazing piece! I chuckled... and chuckled... It was precious.

Darren White
Date: 1/27/2017 12:15:00 AM

Heh, thank you Carol, it was funny in reality too, I just HAD to write a poem about it :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/21/2017 8:52:00 PM

Kids love things like that. I still do!!! This reminded me of the time my stepsister brought a baby mouse into our house from the streets. She was told to get rid of it but hid it in our closet where it must have died from being smothered or something. It took days before my mom could figure out that weird smell!!

Darren White
Date: 1/21/2017 10:27:00 PM

Oh, yes, I completely see that happen.... My little niece also likes to collect the dead snails, AND liked to hand out unused snail houses to snails without any LOL

Jean Murray

Date: 1/21/2017 4:58:00 PM

The simple pleasures of life. Lovely Darren.

Darren White
Date: 1/21/2017 10:25:00 PM

Hi Jean, yeah, sweet little girl, she loves them :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/21/2017 4:00:00 PM

- A sweet poem, Darren ... but, I do not like the snails ... not in my garden .... or eat for dinner - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Darren White
Date: 1/21/2017 10:25:00 PM

Haha, neither do I. But she does, heaps. :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/21/2017 12:26:00 PM

Sadly we have to make sure there are no snails around because they are a favorite food of centerpieces which have an intensely painful bite. I enjoyed your cute poem Darren. : )

Darren White
Date: 1/21/2017 1:07:00 PM

Thank you Connie. And no centerpieces please :)

Carol B.

Date: 1/21/2017 9:01:00 AM

Adorable!

Darren White
Date: 1/21/2017 11:03:00 AM

Thank you :D

Arthur Vaso

Date: 1/20/2017 11:01:00 PM

I had to read this 2 times, to get it, so sweet and beautiful Darren! :)

Darren White
Date: 1/20/2017 11:20:00 PM

Thank you Arthur :) It was, but also frustrating with these snails slithering through my bedroom

Claudia Polydoro

Date: 1/20/2017 8:12:00 PM

hehehe, I was sure it was about your niece even before reading your comment to Charmaine... ;) She's the sweetest and loveliest kid... Loved this heartwarming poem, my friend :)

Darren White
Date: 1/20/2017 11:19:00 PM

She is :) Thanks Claudia!

Joseph May

Date: 1/20/2017 6:05:00 PM

Nice write Darren...best wishes

Darren White
Date: 1/20/2017 11:18:00 PM

Thank you Joseph :)

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 1/20/2017 2:30:00 PM

This reminds me of my brother who loved playing with snails in our yard back home..You brought back sweet memories to me..Thankyou..Love to watch snail moving slowly..so carefree as if there's no tomorrow.Lovely.

Darren White
Date: 1/20/2017 2:56:00 PM

Nice memories :) This is about my sister's little one, she is completely in love with snails.