Paikin's Song

Thus They Crawled

Thus they crawled they did
All over him
Biting and burrowing
And causing him pain
He'd not so felt
Not ever before

And he he leapt to his feet
Screaming oh so loud
His screams they echoed
And echoed back
Again and again

But still they burrowed more
And repeatedly bit
He knew not how
He'd bear this out
At least as much
As his sickened mind
Could process then

God no no
This is such pain
How can it be so bad

Aye it was that indeed
As he fell to his knees
And screamed a yell
Most curdling of the blood

And the others there
In the dark dark place
They heard him scream
And shivered in sympathy
Thinking that
What a poor buggar he was
And that he'd soon be dead

Charles Petrie