Behold the worms!

They have the last laugh

As they rapaciously knead flesh thru mud

All mortals labour to appropriate

In the twinkling of a lifespan.

All the stones;

All the loans;

All the cares;

All the dares;

All the jeers

And all the cheers.

Behold the worms

In a rat race

Trying to out-worm one another,

As they expropriate prostrate mortals!