When you’re a grasshopper
there are millions of predators
that are always hunting you:
over 200 species of birds,
reptiles, other insects, like
spiders and beetles, cats
and dogs and humans too.
And grasshoppers are fried
simmered and roasted in
snacks, flours and breads,
consumed by humans in at
least six countries, USA too.
So being a merrily hopping
grasshopper is no pleasure
cruise with tons of predators
in pursuit of you.
And blessed are you not
having to live a grasshopper’s
hard luck life.
Bob Boyd