'In the Likeness of a Grasshopper' by Ted Hughes:A trapWaits on the field path.A wicker contraption, with working parts,Its spring tensed and set.So flimsily made, out of grass(Out of the stems, the joints, the raspy-dry flags).Baited with a fur-soft caterpillar,A belly of amorous life, pulsing sign...
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