{"id":9912,"date":"2021-07-12T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9912"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:01:41","slug":"9912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9912","title":{"rendered":"Feeding The Worms"},"content":{"rendered":"

FEEDING THE WORMS<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

by Danusha Lam\u00e9ris<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ever since I found out that earth worms have taste buds all over the delicate pink strings of their bodies, I pause dropping apple peels into the compost bin, imagine the dark, writhing ecstasy, the sweetness of apples permeating their pores. I offer beets and parsley, avocado, and melon, the feathery tops of carrots.\"\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019d always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar\u2014though now, it seems, they bear a pleasure so sublime, so decadent, I want to contribute however I can, forgetting, a moment, my place on the menu.<\/p>\n

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FEEDING THE WORMS by Danusha Lam\u00e9ris Ever since I found out that earth worms have taste buds all over the delicate pink strings of their bodies, I pause dropping apple peels into the compost bin, imagine the dark, writhing ecstasy, the sweetness of apples permeating their pores. I offer beets and parsley, avocado, and melon, the feathery tops of carrots. 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