Subterranean
What is this world of which you speak
Under the ground, beneath the peat
Where they wriggle, where they writhe
Soundless lips and sightless eyes
I want to come back as a worm
God, make me a worm
Have no senses, feel no pain
And when I'm done,
I'll be stamped on,
And never breathe again
'Did you eat today?'
Man I ate your mum's foot.
Passed by her grave
On my way to the pub
Just like a pig,
My home is the mud
And I digest greens like a good worm should.
The humans have something that they call gender
Guess they'd call me a gender bender
What is a girl, and what is a bro?
Is it the food you eat, or is it the clothes?
Well, I have no need for cloth or meat
I must have no sex, I am just me.
About this poem
Worms are hermaphrodites. The more you know.
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Written on February 20, 2022
Submitted by VodVonDetta on March 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 701 |
Words | 159 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 7, 4, 2 |
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