WORM

WORM

not just
cocooned

bookworm
is dead
and he, she
having passed
we
must lament them

and so all
is left
all that survives
be text
worm and woodworm

would that
they did exist
          did ever
exist
(thinking now of
sweet prince
    so obsessed
with wormwood)

nothing left
on the planet
to mouth, tongue,
suck, kiss
speak

swallow like the anaconda
devour like a dragon

all of this text
this smorgasbord of snippet

or do
    the drive through

read as per graphic
point with long finger

so many choices
all fast and
neat

so
   good
for the
       soul

eminently digestible
fully branded and packed