A Mantis lyrics

There in the warming rays

Where the sun peeks in

A mantis stalks amid shadows

Waiting for unwary victims

Adorned to blend in so well

A bronze bark back, a stick

Beady body, eyes and claws

Its green body a tender twig

The preditor must be very still

And straight as its realm green

Lest it too become prey anon

Stretched out like a stem

Espying a large shadow encroaching

So enormous interrupting the hunt

Warmed to be quickened to act

It resumes foraging stealthfully

They are diners indiscriminate

Opportunities that devour all

Others, mates, their own kind

All delicacies, all menu items

They fly, they hide amidst green

They may be near, but rarely seen

But three seasons do they thrive

Upon the fourth no longer alive