Her inexorable creepiness

By cadymae

A fence post held in a vine's twining grasp
the tree smothered under a kudzu blanket
a tender green young shoot losing the race to a tendril

that first exploring finger of the parasite

cold    sticky   tenatively sure of itself

hesitating before advancing though
only really bowing to self-preservation  
a millisecond before grasping greed propels it forward.

- - disfigurement in the bark out-lined the pressure - -

at least scars proved the pressure had been there.
In the life before the life had been squeezed out.

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Copyright 2013 cadymae
Published on Friday, August 2, 2013.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • carlosjackal On Friday, January 19, 2018, carlosjackal (3011)By person wrote:

    Nature's slow cruelty, slow beauty and everything else in between. Brilliance here.

  • cadymae On Saturday, August 3, 2013, cadymae (73)By person wrote:

    Nicely put, FadedB. Thanks all for reading. It was nice to try writing again. I'd been away for a while.

  • FadedBlues On Saturday, August 3, 2013, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...Nature is not delicate in weeding out the fragile. survival of the fittest...

  • Deathkitten On Friday, August 2, 2013, Deathkitten (573)By person wrote:

    I really like this. I feel I can relate to it, metaphorically speaking. Nice little write :)

  • dwells On Friday, August 2, 2013, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    Are kudzu and moonflowers synonymous? Strangler figs can also be quite parasitic. Digging the scar left while the life was being lived Cadymae, a thoughtful piece as usual, cheers!

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