Slugs Can Fly

It’s time to look at humble slugs

And realize that they aren’t bugs.

Encyclopedic books will tell

They’re just a snail without its shell,

But they won’t tell you how, or why,

My humble garden slugs can fly.

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Slugs haven’t flippers, haven’t wings,

They have no feet, no wound-up springs,

They’ve no propeller, turbo jet,

No bouncy legs to leap — and yet -

I’ve seen them as they whiz on by.

My humble garden slugs can fly!

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I pick them up, then launch them all,

Out beyond the garden wall.

It’s true, I lend a helping hand,

But they decide where they will land!

No other slug, my sources tell,

Can really do it half so well.

I tell you once again, because:

My slugs can fly…

…And so can yours!