Empty Snail Shell
Once I found a snail
Slowly moving with its shell
Along the shores of Bacsil
White sand dunes hills.
Then suddenly the snail
Went out of its shell hollow
To look for a hole
But not let it in to huddle.
Another big-eyed
Protruding four-legged gastropod
With cinnamon roll-shell
Centipede claws ready to snap it.
But one moonlight
And a windy night
The snail found again a house
Behind the bamboos and shady "aludig" trees
The snail no more in snail pace
Come alive!
Terms:
Bacsil - a small barrio in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Aludig tree- a wild shady tree in the forested area in the Philippines. Old folks believe that snakes love this tree for their sap which is converted into a venom. (I just heard this explanation from the old folks who live in that area).
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