ESCARGOT

I'm a delicacy, I can take my time,
but there's no surface that I can't climb;
I may be slow but try to keep off the  plate,
just too exclusive for most at any rate.

Must get back to my roots in gay 'Paree,'
I shouldn't need a visa it seems to me,
my accommodation should be above my head,
you won't see a thing when I go right to bed.

Keep the insects down, I'll open my own fly,
at my leisure you might see my slimy tie;
they say that in order to make good old love,
we have to get on top of things right from above.

I must say that I've had a good life with 'shell,' where
house provided, cuisine care, now I'm medium rare.