The swamp, it is a lonely place
Inhabited only by an alien race
Not human, that’s for sure
Lay eggs that look like squishy burrs
Then stick them on a human tree
Like lice in hair, like pussy-fleas
And so they grow
Where no one goes
None observe the transformation
That turns these squishy eggs into an alien-nation
Hatch, they do
Like tadpoles made of some blue glue
Best not to go there
To any swamp that might be near
Best not to see
This alien flesh adhering to our native trees
crispina kemp 
Don’t have to worry about me!!!1 What are those things?
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This is just it, I don’t know what they are. Nothing in any of my guides and I posted the photo on twitter and asked if anyone knew, and no one did. So, aliens 🤪😂
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I think this is the first time I’ve known you to be stumped 😉
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Yea. There are several possibles, but none of them really fit
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They do look alien like. 👍🏼
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Don’t they. And flesh-like. Plus when you see them up close, how they adhere to the wood… like eggs glued to the bark
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Yes, a very unique and beautiful fungi
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Certainly a first for my camera
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🥹🥹🥹
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Puh, what a scary notion, quite thinkable that is.
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Thanks. It came about cos I posted the photo on twitter and asked if anyone knew what it was. Most often that does get an answer. But I said was it a fungus or maybe alien flesh. And thus the poem was born
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Brilliant! And I saw your response to Violet. I, too, am shocked you are stumped!
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I did a Google Image search and it might be a Phellinus igniarus 😉
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I did wonder if it was. But it’s not exactly a perfect match
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I tried
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UGH! Disgusting! LOL!
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Yea. Alien life form!
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Ooh creepy, let’s hope they aren’t bodysnatchers!
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They’re small enough to sneak inside us, and we’d never know!
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‘shudder’
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Maybe I should be writing horror?
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