Very Big, Very Ugly�

2001-08-01

They're really big; they're really ugly, and I've got way too many of them. They're also eating my tomatoes. Tomato worms. But as I've pretty much stopped eating the tomatoes, just a bit over-ripe for me, I'll let the worms have them. I can't help thinking of my mother when I seem them. All I have to do is say the words 'Tomato Worm' and she shudders with revulsion. Can't blame her too much, they are rather icky. But I like sphinx moths, and that's what they become. So I'll leave them alone and let them have what's left of my tomato vine. Perhaps some night when I go outside I'll get brushed by a very big, very pretty, sphinx moth.

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