PART II OF VI JULY 25, 2005
WEALTH AS A CANCER RISK | BOMBYX DISPAR By Brian Willems If you were to base a character on the moth called Bombyx dispar you could easily set your story in Count Wodzicki's garden 1848 Your Bombyx could attach him or her upsidedown on Wodzicki's trees contained in a hairy envelope just one egg among others Then Wodzicki, I don't know if he's good or bad, that's up to you too numerous to remove all by hand introduces 100 Titmice and Goldcrests Birds! to gobble your Bombyx pre-emergence since on average 1 bird eats 2 eggs a minute in a 16-hour day 192,000 Bombyx gone Bombyx sure among them Or not, depending on what you'd want to do that is, on whose side you're on: you would either have to let the moths eat up all the trees, or watch insectivorous birds eradicate bright swoops of bright ochre and gold Brian Willems is an American lecturing in British and Irish literature at the University of Split, Croatia. You can find some of his work in Pindeldyboz, 42opus, Milk Magazine, Yankee Pot Roast, Uber and others, or just visit his website. | Issue One For those that prefer a print version, please download our beautiful pdf file. (part i pdf) home (again) about (us) archive (of stuff) submissions (or suggest) notes (on masthead) bioteach (.ubc.ca) HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DRESS YOUR MONKEY? |