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Night-flowering silene harboring the bubbles produced by a spittlebug nymph.

Sometimes, the bees tell her,
things that are sweet like this
attract the worst kind of hungry.

Emma Bleker, From The Mouths Of The Bees, published in Rising Phoenix Review

For the first time, a giant 20″ red leech
was filmed slurping down a blue earthworm which was 27″ in length. The
footage was captured by BBC filmmakers for the series ‘Wonders of the
Monsoon.’ Source, Source

Ichiya-tei, One-Night Teahouse (2003) Photo © Akihisa Masuda.

The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

James Baldwin

I am not mad
I am not mad any longer
People eat tomatoes
People eat bread
I am a monster
I eat life

Dorothea Lasky, from ‘Who To Tell’

Finland by Pelts

All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.

Bell Hooks, All About Love

Wax-tailed planthopper with abdominal filaments of ketoester wax.