the coconut crab

the ode to the coconut crab 

a crab 

who gouges thru coconut flesh 

and wears coconut husks 

when you can't find other shells, 

what can we call you

but a coconut crab! 

a crab 

whicb cannot swim but scales trees with ease, 

you are found all over the world I see

how did you get there? 

and why are you sometimes red and sometimes blue?.

you are a mystery crab! 

 a crab 

which steals pots and pans 

and the occasional boot

you have a penchant for smelly food

you are also the robber crab! 

a crab 

though not poisonous, you become so

when you eat poisonous food! 

you are what you eat indeed! 

what doesn't kill you

makes you stronger, eh 

you transformer crab

A Crab

of mythical proportions 

40% of your brain devoted to the olfactory

you can sniff out blood from a mile away, 

you are not a smelly crab 

but a smelling crab

in Japan, apparently 

you are a mover and shaker 

bridging the after world with the present,

ancestral spirits return as you

you are spiritual, spirit vehicle, crab 

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

the number one gangsta crab are you

the strength if 10 human beings in one claw

yet a good tickle under your belly

 can release your grip 

you are nothing but a cuddly old dudly are aren't you crab

of tough exterior and a jelly belly! 

you are a wonder

you coconut crab!