The Ichneumon Wasp,
A small creature,
Lays it’s eggs on the back
Of an unsuspecting
Caterpillar.
With life-blood pumping
Through it’s veins,
The caterpillar continues on
Day by day, living.
Not knowing that a dangerous
Monster is born on it’s back.
The wasp larvae burrow
Into the body of the caterpillar
And eat it, from the inside.
It grows bigger and
Hungrier every single day.
If you were to look,
Observing the caterpillar,
Nothing would seem wrong.
For they go about life,
Concealing the deadly truth.
Until one day,
The caterpillar is eaten alive
By the parasite
Living in its bones.
Julianna May 
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