[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem

And here I thought you were fishing with the fuzz.

David Ritchie etc.
On Apr 29, 2007, at 5:13 PM, John McCreery wrote:

On 4/30/07, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What's a peeler?  Some sort of bug?

A crab just about to molt. The liminal phase between the hard crab and the soft-shell crab. Peeling off the hard shell reveals the new shell forming beneath it, which makes excellent bait.

John



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