


| Almost voluptuous in their squirming It’d take an observer most discerning To judge whether to – distress or frolic. Most times their world seems melancholic, Languorous – even hypnotically charming. Only a few of us are they harming When, trying gingerly, to give them the slip, On a rain-soaked sidewalk, we stumble and trip. |
| Avoiding Worms By Jean Marie Purcell |