{"id":2140,"date":"2025-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:54:16","slug":"the-slug-massacre-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/the-slug-massacre-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Slug Massacre of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/series\/slug-trilogy\/\" class=\"series-40\" title=\"Slugs: A Poetic Trilogy\">Slugs: A Poetic Trilogy<\/a><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Bean Gast, Contributing Writer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs4_720-min.jpg\" alt=\"Brown slug\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs4_720-min.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs4_720-min-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> A glistening brown slug. | Bean Gast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>slugs slugs everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>devouring strawberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>creating a pattern in the kale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>carving holes into the beets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>always leaving a trail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>bodies molded by clay and carved by bark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>brown, copper, cheetah print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>blue-blooded freaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>who appeal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>a gruesome death lies ahead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>sliced in half with scissors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>chopped in two with an axe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>smashed with a rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>by humans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/series\/slug-trilogy\/\" class=\"series-40\" title=\"Slugs: A Poetic Trilogy\">Slugs: A Poetic Trilogy<\/a><\/div><p>By Bean Gast, Contributing Writer slugs slugs everywhere devouring strawberries creating a pattern in the kale carving holes into the beets always leaving a trail bodies molded by clay 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