They’re considered a lowly species
just good for fish bait
but many are ignorant of
how beneficial to the world they are
and what would happen if
they went on strike:
the soil wouldn’t yield crops
there’d be mass starvation
and flooding and erosion
the animals that feed on them
would starve to death and
become extinct
the animals that feed on those
animals would starve to death and
become extinct as well
as would the animals that
prey on those animals
in a devastating domino effect
all if the lowly, fish bait earthworms
went on strike.
Bob Boyd