Bait Of Pity

Earthworm, Oh earthworm! Poor earthworm crawling on the concrete You are burned by sunrays and can't go back You came up when dew was in the grass You and your kind try to crawl everywhere Earthworm, I feel sorry for you I bend over to pick you up You still have a little moisture Like lover's lips in a daydream I lay you in a patch of damp grass Let you die with your nose in the dirt Earthworm, you remind me of something Like all the things that venture Onto hard, unwelcoming places Like a song that makes no difference Earthworm do you know what you are losing? If you don't, I'm here to know it for you I lift you into shady grass I'm not angling for anything You and your kind ask for little Yet you serve as muscle for the soil Earthworm, you are not just a symbol I'm not dangling sympathy in front of anyone I am on the pavement too