WATCH ME DIG A HOLE (ODE TO THE JERUSALEM CRICKET)

I

The children of the soil
with their humanoid heads
only come out at night
or when someone is digging.

II

They come out to feed
on the soft tissue of plants
and the dead.

III

They catch horsehair worms that
make them thirsty, worms that crawl
out of their faces into the water
to mate.