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Praying Mantis

Blurry eye balls - up to it close. Right there clinging on the screen door swinging. Mantis, a big bug come to mind-prey, or are you praying to come inside? A plus size Insectivore at my door basking in its own eerie light. A deadly beautiful grin wants to come in. We are not alone green aliens abound, have been around clinging to this spinning Earth for all their worth. Mantis-like, they have parked their flying craft in our brains. My blurry ball of sight - blinks. I see you! I see how you burgle my mind then crunch it up in your mechanical jaws. You can't fool me - I tremble at your stillness, beat the air with my fist but you're always there until you magically disappear. Your black eyes bulge at my fuzziness, pierce through my soggy-eyed vision like it's me, me that's the weird one!

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