Comrade Worm
Indubitably this maggot's a fly fellow; Only a narrow cousin to the worm Who knows nothing of a phoenix birth, Does not spread fancy wings and go Or multiply his kind upon our wounds, But is a slow-worm, blind-worm, wire-worm, Muck-worm, the meek inheritor of the earth.
Both maggot and worm depend, deploy Upon the Leveller's strategies; Discover themselves in seedy things, Furnished rooms for working men. Apple and planet house our friend, To both he brings democracy, IS bland familiar of kings.
The cousin of this wriggling here Feeds on the politic body Intending its overthrow; not stern But steadfast, deplores the insular.
Comrade Worm, agent of a not unforeign power, You humbly reside in all things, their parody, And when you say turn, we shall all turn.
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