Mom is cooking a pot full of spaghetti

Watching for the water to get ready

Long white worms swimming steady

Boiling bubbles tossing and turning

Long white worms wiggling and churning

Can almost hear them shout, “Enough!

This hot, boiling water is really rough.”

Mom drains the water from the pot

Pours in red, tomato gravy we like a lot

Puts a meatball and worms on our plates

“Hey, Mom, worms with red gravy are great.”