The Millipede

By SpaceMetal

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1000 legs, strength untold

A single heart, growing old

A carapace of majesty

Entomophobe begone; stand; behold

Hear the cries

Don't defy

Set him free

The millipede!

Break the chain

Take the rein

Aphids flee

The millipede!

I sees the star, the master's home

So far away, the eco-dome

Humble servant, strength inside

I call my master - now you know

Hear the cries

Don't defy

Set him free

The millipede

To the sky

Don't ask why

Take the wing

The millipede!

Gonopods - defy the odds - evolve - now a mystery

Endless sands - poisoned glands - evolve to become history

Segments divided

Moult in hiding

A thousand stings

A thousand wings

To the cloud

Keep the vow

Hardened skin

The millipede!

The time is now

To eat ant cow

Upon his shins

The millipede

Now spawning fins

The millipede