worms

Wiggly wiggly squiggly squirm
I wish I was a little worm
except for having to eat dirt
and being such a little squirt

It must be lonely underground
in the dark without a sound
so if a worm was cut in three
perhaps he could have friends to tea?

A worm has got a tiny bot
although they do poo quite a lot
if they did a thousand poos
you'd hardly spot it on your shoes

Worms have parties when it rains
you see them coming out of drains
you sometimes see them on the path
using puddles as a bath

A worm would never go to school
they're uneducated as a rule
I guess this is not a surprise
as worms are not equipped with eyes

Worms aren't good at climbing trees
they have no elbows and no knees
but they certainly know how to dig
your garden whether small or big

@ Karen Birch 1997


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