watercolour and ink on paper

crab + fox

The crab and the fox in that fateful meeting.

YAWN GREAT

Drab CRAB under the slab

CRAB had ambition, style and a penchant for the dramatic pause

CRAB loved the adulation growing with the thrill of applause

As the thrill got familiar, CRAB sought out the new,

and the new, and the new, CRAB sought out the new

Until CRAB was destroyed by FOX, who knew?

dramatic pause.

FOX
FOX has an uncanny sense of the order of things.  If you asked, FOX would say it...

CRAB
/krab/ a crustacean, found chiefly on seashores, with a broad carapace, stalked eyes,...

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