7. Larvae

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I marveled at iridescent wings from a once fragile casket;

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I marveled at iridescent wings from a once fragile casket;

But leapt at trails from a slimy mollusc near a basket.

I claimed "There was nothing less hideous than such a slug,"

Then held my horses when I glanced at another bug.

The wormlike body, and I realized who was really ugly.

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