| 1 | Today the earwig shines darkly, and gleams , what there is of him; | |
| 2 | Yesterday she was working on the earwig, mouth on gut; today he's on the floor. | |
| 3 | The sow bugs beside him are curled and empty, fragile, a breath away from brittle fluff. | |
| 4 | I wonder on what fool's errand an earwig, or a moth, or a sow bug, would visit that clean corner of the house behind the toilet; | |
| 5 | Concept artist Terryl Whitlatch wanted the colo claw fish to have an invertebrate look, so her early designs were based on an earwig. |