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Do worms have a sweet tooth?
I don’t know if I can change the world
but I try to plant the seed so sweet and pure
my seed buried in the ground
do worms have a sweet tooth
fruit flies may get to it
before it even sprouts
fruit flies decomposed the sweet and pure
dead underneath the dessert heaven
I look up and see a vanilla sky with swirls
looking down I see tumbleweeds blowing in my direction
I said I don’t know if I can change the world
the tree fell in a forest with no one around
silence or sound, is peace a possibility
like was mother nature ever given time to sleep
would even silence stop the environment from being disrupted
how can a world be saved when humans corrupt it
trees everywhere are falling and
forest fires are being started as if hell itself was called in
falling into deathly despair
I’m holding my breath
hoping the ground is prepared
no parachute in my backpack
school didn’t train me not to catnap
with litter everywhere
I said I don’t know if I can change the world
even if I did I may not get the recognition that I deserve
my blood, sweat, and tears like a drop in the ocean
all the watermarks evaporated
my faith clouded into condensed milk
sweetened as an ingredient in any divine pie
experience the land of milk and honey on a blood sugar high
am I tripping
blood thicker than water
only flesh and marrow
out the deep end
I’m still a fish out of water
a miracle I’m alive
I’m the lightning trapped in a bottle
I don’t know if I can change the world
but I plant some poetrees
so a change may come
with words so sweet and pure
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The poem "Do worms have a sweet tooth?" asks whether or not poetry will be able to make a change in the world. It explores the topic of art being used to spark a movement for the common good and ponders on the relevance of itself.