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I Saved a Slug
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Thursday, July 30, 2020    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Things happen... ...some say, for a reason.


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I Saved a Slug

 

On my morning walk
Birds sang
Death is never far removed

Summer has come upon the mountain
Today is hot and humid

Walking
Walking and climbing
Climbing
Walking

As the pavement was getting hotter
I came upon a slug
A slow slimy slinking slug

I do not like slugs

As I walked by, I said,
“Hey, slug.
You are heading for undoubtful death.
The sun is strong,
The pavement is parched,
You will surely die.”

I was about to walk on

But something or someone happened in my space

Who knows?
God maybe?

I bent and picked up the slimy thing
I returned it to the shade
Into the dew-dampened grass
Under the forest canopy

I saved a slimy slithering slug from certain death

I still do not like slugs
But I think this one will love me

Ha!
Little events
Small things

Who knows what it may all mean?

 
© Regis Auffray
 

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 Reviews of "I Saved a Slug"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on August 21, 2020
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T LIKE SLUGS AND THE GUY YOU REMIND ME OF IN THIS INSTANCE(AND YOU KNOW WHO HE IS)LOVES EVERYBODY...I CAN ONLY SAY...WHAT A TERRIFIC ACT OF KINDNESS! YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY AND RESCUED...SOMETHING YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE. BUT THEN, THIS SAME GUY YOU REMIND ME OF WROTE A BOOK AND IN IT HE SAYS...WHERE IS THE SACRIFICE IN DOING SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE WHO YOU LIKE AND WHO LIKES YOU BACK? DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T LIKE...THAT'S SACRIFICING AND THEREIN LIES THE BLESSING. IT STARTS 'LITTLE' REGIS. THANKS FOR THE SHARE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on August 4, 2020
it is our actions in the little things that show who we truly are, you are a giant to more than that one slimy slug

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on August 4, 2020
Your saving it did not allow it to become a cooked meal on the road, or run over by a car, but for you that's just about par, keep it up, you are a as always, star...-e-

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 1, 2020
A slug is like the average poem. Unseen I thought about my most until it happens to appear right in front of your face where you can't ignore it. Those that see your poem will understand your point. Little things matter in ways we don't quite understand--yet.

Ron

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on July 31, 2020
I don't like slugs, either. But I concede even they have value. You are to be commended for saving one's life, whether for real or merely in verse.

Rebecca

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on July 31, 2020
Good for you. I've been known to do the same thing with a multitude of little creatures. Just the other day I caught a robber fly in our house, and took it outside and released it.

Reviewed by John Bidwell
Reviewed on July 31, 2020
I can be moved- at times something moves us.
When that happens I am glad whatever it is still talks to me.
And nice to know I'm not the only one.

John

Reviewed on July 31, 2020
Yeah! Feeling good when you know you have done something good for the day. It may mean the world to that slug you've saved. :)

Sandie

Reviewed by Lalita Vasu
Reviewed on July 30, 2020
Very cute! Act of kindness beautifully written.


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