Ichneumon Religion

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“All things around us are asking for our apprehension, working for our enlightenment.”
~ R. H. Blyth, Preface, Haiku, Summer-Autumn, Volume 3 of the series, p. 644.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonoidea#/media/File:Megarhyssa_greenei_female.jpg

The robin, whether British or beside
The bobolink, goes munching little bugs.
The hummingbird rides on the breeze bestride
Deep nectar, and the hedgehog slurps down slugs.
A little wasp induces coma in
A caterpillar and inserts slow death
Inside its victim. This is partial sin
And partial love. The caterpillar’s breath
Continues as a baby wasp begins
To munch the guts around it. When the sun
Creates a mole-like tumor, cancer wins
A tiny war—or at least it’s begun.

..These little things, if focused on, appall
….Us, till we see the Buddha in them all.