Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Make Your Own Metaphors

Turtle with a leech latched onto its…brain? Some people say the Senator from Oligarchy, Mitch McConnell, whose career is based on an infusion of foreign cash, looks like a turtle. I wouldn’t want to insult a turtle with that comparison. But the miserable old cynic sure acts like a leech on democracy… so there’s that.

mthew

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4 responses to “Make Your Own Metaphors”

  1. elwnyc

    Are leeches common around here (I’m not talking about D.C.)? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

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    1. mthew

      I don’t know. The only place I’ve seen them is in Valley Water. https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/87943.html

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  2. Gubbinal

    Do you know the fate of this turtle? Is the leech taking a ride or harming the turtle’s brain? I hope that the McConnell metaphor, richly deserved, won’t apply to the actual turtle!

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    1. mthew

      I don’t know. The pallidness of the turtle was most unusual.

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