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Excavator, Trunk, Scorpion

As a demolition spectator,
The movements of an excavator
In the process of clearing junk
Was reminding me of a trunk;
Sideways, and out, the limb goes
Like the flicks of an elephant nose
   which rummages when picking forage,
Like a tractor's bucket in wreckage;
Stuff is scooped and under-tucked,
Projecting wide at either side;
Raised up slow; thereafter, chucked
When the end of the tentacle
Unfurls above the receptacle

I had thought my simile, apt
And description, down pat
When -- at the end of the day,
The excavating champion
Crawled itself away
Looking like a giant scorpion,
With the triangular point
Tucked beneath the folded joint

My elephant simile is gray
And will likely fade away
But when you'll see an excavator
On the road, or at a crater
It will, to you, be obvious -- Here on, you will see Scorpius

Copyright © Hannah Borke | Year Posted 2017