Boil them
The silk-worm’s cocoon is made from one continuous thread of fluid silk,
produced in the worm's modified salivary glands, which hardens on contact with the air.
Silk moths can’t fly. They
can only lay more eggs
which you can store
in your fridge for years.
Planned silk-hood.
Bombyx mori grow
about 70 times their
original size feeding
on white mulberry leaves.
Ad: Silkworm Chow,
powdered and premade.
‘Stiff silkworm’ will dispel
flatulence, relieve spasms.
You must boil the cocoons
together with their owners
or they’ll destroy their own
raw-silk suits. By their small horns
you’ll know when the time comes.
Recently it was discovered
that they began spinning
bullet-proof silk
after being exposed
to an electric field.
Someone said that silkworm
are able to learn.
But in thousands of years
they did not understand
that they manufacture
their own death.
About the Author: A German-born UK national, Rose Mary Boehm lives and works in Lima, Peru. Author of two novels and eight poetry collections, her work has been widely published in US poetry journals.
Image Credit: Barret And Sons “Oak-Feeding Silkworm Of China” (1871) Public domain image courtesy of Artvee
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