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Lyrics by my real life wife Hive account@dillemma - show her some love! Half the liquid SBD payout of this post will be split with Hive account@dillemma. I have been trying to get my wife to be more active on here for a while and she has actually posted a few times in the last little bit - this could be the spark she needs to finally get hooked on Steem.

Earn SBD! No Musical Ability Required!

Visit the Gnash Song Challenge post to learn how you can submit song lyrics or a song title/topic for me to set to music in its own post, splitting the SBD payout with you!
https://steemit.com/music/@carlgnash/gnash-song-challenge-episode-1-hear-your-words-set-to-music-marvel-at-your-ideas-taking-sonic-flight-wonder-at-the-sheer-beauty

Ode to my Crawdad

Lyrics by Hive account@dillemma | Music by Hive account@carlgnash

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Crawdad, oh crawdad thank-you for showing me your insides, your cheliped, all your ganglion and testis! From your anus to your eye stalks I find you quite divine, even though you are without a vertebrate spine. I'm so glad, I'm so glad we're dissecting you, your colors are fancy your back-brain slippery; oh how lucky I am to view this weird beauty!

Crawdad, oh crawdad
I hear you're delicious;
although I admit I'm kind of suspicious!
You look like a giant bug
& your eyes bulge all out,
you've kinda got two hearts
and you face is all a'pout!
I can't see, I can't see
your liver or your spleen,
I guess I'll have to dig down
& dissect your ventral artery.

Previous Gnash Song Challenge Entries:

#1 - "Analyze My Function" w/@vachemorte

https://steemit.com/music/@carlgnash/analyze-my-function-original-music-gnash-song-challenge-song-1-for-vachemorte

#2 - "Within Wing's Wind" w/@yahialababidi

https://steemit.com/dtube/@carlgnash/1mwk8ljv

#3 - "Big Brown Toad" w/@amberyooper

https://steemit.com/dtube/@carlgnash/t8q7ooqf

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Original Crawdad Photography

Original Crawdad Photography by yours truly. Also check out Hive account@dillemma's "My Microscope 6: Ode to my Crawdad" post to see an actual picture of a crawdad dissection! Not for the faint of heart!

This cute picture of Hive account@dillemma and Thing One when he was younger oogling a crawdad, however, is for hearts of all abilities :)