A caterpillar eats and shits and grows.
That’s all it does; eats, shits and grows.
Every now and again it sheds its skin
before it returns to eat and shit and grow.
If it survives the Chaffinches, if it survives the Tits
when it has eaten as much as it can
it will pupate, wrap itself in silk and sleep.
If it survives pupation, a butterfly or moth will emerge
to fly between flowers sipping nectar for fuel
a search for a potential mate. A sight that would not be seen
if a caterpillar had not eaten and shat and grown.
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