Here's the fun and educational poem for today - my 8th poem for NaPoWriMo. Thank you to Jennifer Cabarrus for all the prompts (I'm sure to use some of the others you sent me), and for unintentionally birthing the existence of Blanche, the Nudibranch!
Please enjoy ~
Blanche the Nudibranch
Written 04.08.2022
Soft and small,
I can still sting.
If you threaten me,
expect me to swing.
Beautiful to some,
and unsightly to others,
I am a mystery
to uncover.
I may be strange,
and hard to accept -
in the shallows
of the tropics,
is where I am kept.
Please handle with care;
for those unaware -
I cannot breathe
in the air.
I inhale through my skin
to the hemolymph within,
and I must admit,
I do it with flair.