Quite to the Contrary
By Don Iannone

Slugs...
...not lazy people who move slowly
...in the grocery store line
...but insects
...hanging out in your garden
...sucking life from your flowers.
Butterflies...
...not the supple delicate creatures
...fluttering in your garden
...but the two-legged social ones
...flittering about at cocktail parties
...spilling drinks on your rug.
Skeeters...
...not the blood-sucking creatures
...leaving welts on your arm
...but blood-sucking people
...sapping away
...your life energy and wealth.
Life...
...sometimes what we think
...and sometimes not.