Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Earth Worm Haiku Suite

While visiting a gardening education project in an elementary school, I learned this odd fact.  Same assignment as "Gamine"  

Earth Worm Haiku Suite

Five Hearts in a line
Pumping through the cool brown earth
Passing through gardens

Five hearts not much brain
Eating and beating; no thought
Passion without wits

Five hearts, lose one and
There are four others waiting
Beyond shovel's edge

five hearts, not true ones
Aortic arches they say
Just pumping muscles

Five hearts for one worm
for earth, food, travel, sex, life
What else are hearts for?

 

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