shouting
probably the best street defence
running away
© Rachel Green February 2025
Ireland shows us nature still adapts
a spider's walk to exposed place to die
zombie animation fungus title capped
Gibellula attenboroughii.
In order to send spores further away
infected spiders make a final trek
far from their shadowed crevices they stray
to cavern roofs where spores are left unchecked.
we know more about the zombie ant fungi
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
which sends its victims high toward the sky
the better to spread spores, new ants to kiss.
And when the fungus jumps to people, too
then nature can reclaim the earth anew.
© Rachel Green February 2025
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