ode to the coconut crab 2

Ode to the Coconut Crab 

A crab 

who gorges on coconut flesh 

and wears coconut husks 

when you can't find other homes,  

what can we call you,

but a coconut crab! 

A crab 

whicb cannot swim 

but scales trees with ease, 

you are all over the world I see.

How did you get there and

why do you flash 

sometimes red and sometimes blue? 

Mysterious mood-swinging crab are you! 

A crab 

which steals pots and pans 

and the occasional boot,

you have a penchant for smelly food, 

Giant robber crab are you!

A crab 

though not poisonous by nature

you become so 

when you eat poisonous food.

You are what you eat indeed,

for what doesn't kill you

makes you stronger, 

Transformer crab are you! 

A crab

with 40% of the brain 

devoted to the olfactory,

you can sniff out blood 

from a mile away, 

Bloodhound crab are you! 

A crab 

that bridges the after world 

with the present,

in Japan, ancestors return as you.

Do you run differently 

when they are in you? 

Spirit runner crab are you!

Not for you the usual crab fare 

of molluscs and seaweed, no.

You work in a team 

to lay booby traps for the booby bird, 

Number one gangsta crab are you!

The strength of 10 human beings in one claw,

yet a good tickle i  your stomach 

releases your grip,  

Jelly belly crab - you are a wonder 

aren't you? 

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