MAY 5 (2023): Garden INTRUDERS, marauders #2

 

This post is a continuation of the collection of poems 'GARDEN INTRUDERS') as displayed on this blog May 5, 2022, and May 5, 2023.

Authors' Note:  The authors bemoan the ongoing arbitrary depredations of the human garden by these untutored rodents. Although they have not personally participated in violence against squirrels, they reluctantly admit that they sympathize with other human victims who are drawn in that direction. Where are the hawks when we need them?

urban-dwelling squirrel in a Canadian tree

 

Authors' Note: Clathrus ruber is a startlingly shaped species of saprophytic fungus that resembles an orange plastic toy ball. Its interior surfaces are coated with a foul-smelling slime that attracts flies, which then disperse the fungal spores. The characteristic fetid odor of the fungus resembles that of rotting meat. Other common names include latticed stinkhorn, red cage fungus, and basket stinkhorn.