Annelida.(Brief Article)(Poem) From: Prairie Schooner | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Lockward, Diane | COPYRIGHT 2005 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Annelida 
 
   My husband is saving the worms again. 
   All night, heavy rain, now the driveway crawls 
   with worms, afraid of drowning, but so dumb 
   they will broil to death in the sun, except 
   for my husband who picks them up, 
   one by one, places them on the still-wet grass, 
   then drives to work without even washing 
   his hands. I imagine him in his office sniffing 
   his fingers for the earthy scent of worms, 
 
   and I remember being 6 and loving 
   worms, collecti...