The Shrimp is a weird sort of creature
that alien look – its best feature;
The legs, there's five pair,
4 antennae like hair,
solitary-ness much like a preacher.

Appendages all are segmented
You may think he's disoriented
Swimming backwards he goes
when escaping his foes;
This reaction- is death circumvented.

This crustaceous creature has stalk-eyes.
As a decapod, he's not in disguise,
as a prawn-(2 less claws)
with a few other flaws,
and his thorax, an edible size.

After peeling the carapace- de"vein."
From this job you may want to refrain,
if you think it's a "vein"
then you're really insane
if I tell you, you may just abstain.

This ditty of Shrimp, so delicious
may have been much too ambitious,
but with strong shrimp cocktail
(horseradish to prevail),
is an alien dish quite auspicious.