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Earthworm

It's inevitable the momentum of the large headed human ego.... has finally put mankind over the brink. There's no coming back the clock says 1 second 'til midnight. The earthworms have shed their glass slippers Soon they'll be sliding underground... their prince will not follow. They've been tunneling and stockpiling for decades food- ammunition-water the{numerators}elite and their loved ones have their inner mountain retreat... On a smaller scale the (denominators) have followed their lead. The remainders/the remains/: the poor who couldn't afford to stockpile and those that could afford to but were to stubborn to listen. Will be left scrambling above banding and disbanding willy-nilly whatever the moment dictates frantic scrounging for rat meat and toilet paper during a nuclear winter 666 miles of social distancing, Fondly remembering when it was only 6 feet putting balm to nuclear skin covering open wounds with papyrus. They'll forge an eleventh commandment then just as quickly break it. With mankind's flesh between their teeth they'll be begging to a God who finally got sick of it all and stopped listening-

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