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