From England's Green and Pleasant Land 
  Robin Hickman

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 The Worms Came First

The worms came first,
blindly,
fattening themselves.

Next came the insects,
organised,
beetles and ants.

Lastly there were the microbes,
invisible,
in tens of thousands.

Until there was nothing left,
just a memory....


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