The Ear Worm

There once was a woman 

Who woke up groggy

She stumbled out of bed

Looked in the mirror

And noticed, in shock

A worm crawling out of her head

It was white and plump

A vile thing indeed

That no lady should ever see

She tried to fish the worm out

Of her poor, red ear

But it crawled deep as it could be

To the doctor she went

He peered inside 

But nothing could be found

Then she heard a voice

From inside her head

"You really are mentally unsound"

Who said that!? She cried

The doctor looked around

There is no one else here m'am

She shook off this feeling

Of fear and paranoia

And boarded home on the tram

As she looked at her reflection

In the dark train window

A voice said "You're so sickly pale"

She stammered, and passengers looked

Yet she heard the voice say

"No wonder you're bound to fail"

In terror, she fled back home

Locked herself in the room

And cried a deep moan

"You're sad and pathetic

Everyone thinks you're weird

And surely you'll end up alone"

I've had it! She cried

With the worm in her head

So she dug deep in her ear

But it was wax and gunk

No worm to be found

"You're so naive, dear"

Stop telling me these awful things

She yelled as she took a knife

And cut her ear off clean

"You can't get rid of me

'Cause I'm in your head

And been everywhere you've been"

The woman was sent

To a sad asylum

On the hill up the road

She still heard the ear worm

Even though her ear

Had been neatly sewed