Everybody get your feet off the ground <br />Wherever on earth your feet are bound, <br />For beneath you the worms are moving around. <br /> <br />There is a slogan the whole world will speak - <br />The Greek, the Sikh, and in Mozambique <br />They'll declare a 'Be Kind To Worms' Week. <br /> <br />For remember that worms are just like you, <br />So many cells and so much glue, <br />Except they can't chop you in two. <br /> <br />Nevertheless, we must confess, <br />A 'Be Kind To Worms' Week' could be quite a success, <br />The start of something big, a Worm Party Congress. <br /> <br />Comrade Worm upon the stage, <br />Long and slippery, a faceless sage, <br />Will proclaim the coming of a New Worm Age. <br /> <br />All the populace will be aghast <br />At this glorious saviour come at last <br />To preach the doctrine of the Great Worm Caste. <br /> <br />A Worm Party just has to win; <br />They get right to you if you're fat or thin <br />Since we have to have something to get buried in. <br /> <br />You could almost say worms are profound <br />Since you're never quite sure where they'll be found, <br />In a pile of manure or in consecrated ground. <br /> <br />You could almost say worms are sublime <br />Since they've never been guilty of a serious crime, <br />Though they slither through slime and dirt most of the time <br /> <br />No more a bait for the fisherman's lie <br />Or trapped in puddles and left to die, <br />No more a treat for the beasts that fly; <br /> <br />They will come, their destinies to seek, <br />Out of their earthly homes the worms will sneak <br />To celebrate 'Be Kind To Worms' Week'. <br /> <br />So forsake your shovels, no trampling on the lawn, <br />Wormkind badges compulsorily worn, <br />The Worms' Turn cometh with the Worm Dawn.<br /><br />Paul Lester<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/be-kind-to-worms-week/
