Snails slide down the sidewalk <br />On a slime carpet after a rain. <br />As it dries sometimes <br />They walk out of their shells - <br />As if their shoes got stuck in mud. <br />And in the sunshine <br />A shimmering trail <br />Follows the slug <br />Back to the garden loam.<br /><br />Lillian Susan Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snails-walk-out-of-their-shells-2/