A MINI LESSON IN MARINE BIOLOGY

THE BLUE GLAUCOS

a.k.a. blue dragon

non-venomous

but as lethal

as a syringe

primed with

purloined cyanide

also known as

blue angel

          hovering

               in

warm

ocean

waters

Gulf of California

South Pacific

Bay of Bengal

Bermuda

          and the like.

Blue swallow

pushed & drawn

by winds and currents

charged for its prey

the

grandiose

Potuguese

man-‘o-war

thirty times its size

a feast

for this inch long

hermaphrodite’s

serrated teeth.

Glaucilla marginata

devours the zooid galleon

steals and stores its venom

for the next

target of opportunity.

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Can it…?

         

          Yes.

Will I…?

          Probably not.

What then…?

pain – nausea – vomiting – rash.

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“thus endeth the lesson.”

RW

GTO, Mex

03.22.2020