The Writers' Circle

Grognoths and Grotworts

The Grognoths are coming, they're everywhere
Under the carpets and under the stairs
The Grognoths are tiny, too small to be seen
But look at your body, you'll see where they've been

They rest in the daytime but all through the night
They're out on the town where they're having a bite!
They crawl over everything, chomping their way
And never stop eating until break of day

The Grognoths are greedy, with two mouths in their heads
They feed off your flesh as you lay in your beds
But Grotworts are waiting, eager to fight
Laying siege to the Grognoths until it's daylight

So as you lay sleeping may your dreams be sweet
For a war is ensuing right under your sheet
Millions of Grognoths and Grotworts will die
Feeding survivors as you sleep by and by

The battle is over but the war isn't won
The struggle is ancient and it goes on and on
For the millions that died there are millions more
They fall from the ceiling and crawl through the floor

Now is that a bald patch I see on your head
Or where Grognoths and Grotworts are extremely well fed?
What help can I offer? I've nothing to say
Except... Work through the night and sleep through the day!