{"id":2142,"date":"2025-09-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:52:41","slug":"slug-savior-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/slug-savior-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Slug Savior Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 3 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, Staff Writer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Cup of slugs.\" class=\"wp-image-2317\" style=\"width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slugs6-min-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cup of so many slugs. | Bean Gast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>undeserving of their fate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I carry around a cup collecting them before it\u2019s too late<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve come all this way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to an island off the coast of Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yet the weeding of the garden can wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I walk a mile to the treeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and lead the slugs to their escape<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>my presence so strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it causes those with the weapons to hesitate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>it seems I always have a slug to save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I scrub and scrub and scrub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and still my hands are like the slug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/series\/slug-trilogy\/\" 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