In the holy society
of praying mantises
females have to feed by rule
from males` bodies
By mating, just after
courting and dancing,
while love-making...
Once there was a mantis born,
I mean hatched, with lesion
- kindness in heart.
She refused to eat males
for breakfast, for lunch,
even for dinner! (yet a small eater!)
Soon the poor creature,
anomaly of the nature,
was accused of being a pervert,
an outcast of a holy society.
She spent her life in praying,
writing memoirs and... love poetry...

The idea came to me after watching a documentary on Animal planet channel on tv. :)

Sofia,28. May 2008

ONElia AVElar

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