I was reading a book this morning, and when I saw a line of poetry in it that mentioned a worm, this started forming in my mind. It’s mainly inspired by a literal interpretation of “The early bird gets the worm” and, even though this doesn’t say much of anything and could be longer, I’m happy to leave it as just these two lines. Besides which, you could probably pull some depth of meaning out of it if determined enough.

I hope you enjoy.

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The busy worm starts its day
The tired bird starts its night