The nightcrawlers rose to the earth’s surface
after the rains drenched it.
They came up to migrate in the watery ground
to new homes and environments, a few of
them to mate.
They did not see the danger above, as robins
swooped down on them, capturing and devouring many.
Those that stayed underground faced greater dangers
when moles tunneled into their domain and destroyed
the entire nightcrawler population, nightcrawler doomsday,
a worm apocalypse.
Who would have thought being a worm would have posed
such deadly risks?
Not even worms have any safety in this violent predatory world.
Bob Boyd