Lowly, slowly,

A pink, wet worm

Sings in the rain:

‘O see me squirm

 

‘Along the path.

I warp and wind.

I’m searching hard.

If I could find

 

‘My elbow, my hair,

My hat, my shoe,

I’d look as pretty

As you, and you.’

 

from the collection ‘The Cat and the Cuckoo’