The Praying Mantis Poem by Ogden Nash

The Praying Mantis

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From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us.

Ogden Nash
Friday, January 3, 2003
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David Oates 24 April 2018

Proofreading would be useful.

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Tom Allport 14 February 2017

brilliantly observed poem with a wish at the end?

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