Enough already! We did not want to come up from our safe and secure ground deep down in the compost pile, but we must speak out. This is the Diary of the Worm. We worms believe in the “Laws of Nature”.

We worms have been around for about 120 million years and have seen species, including the dinosaurs, come and go. Although weak, vulnerable, and with the smallest brain (if you can even call it that), we survive because we are adaptable and, although there are thousands of species of worms, we all get along. We literally renew the earth by enriching and aerating the soil and as Charles Darwin discovered, turning over the top six inches (15 cm) of topsoil every 20 years.

I say the above not to brag (what can worms brag about except maybe our castings?), but to put in our worm bit about what is happening in Wisconsin and how the “Laws of Nature” are being broken.

You governor, after his election with some support, turned down “green” jobs that would have built a high speed rail system and would have saved energy and been an economic boon to the state. In his first month in office he gave away 141 million dollars of your tax money over the next two years to rich businesses by way of tax cuts. Now under the pretense of savings he is trying to take away the collective bargaining rights of workers. However, the final blow that got me to rise up out of the compost came yesterday when he announced his proposed budget.

We worms have seen many harsh rulers over the last 120 million years, but are shocked to see one in Wisconsin that dictates what taxes you can pay or where they can go; that is going to slash education, which you call a valuable resource, so severely; proposes to cut health and financial care to the most vulnerable in society — the poor and ill. The final blow affecting all creatures on earth, even worms, was his elimination of the recycling mandate. You humans have wrecked our earth enough; now to eliminate recycling is a blow to nature that will come back and haunt you, as will these other travesties of justice and common sense.

We know that some of you elected this Governor, and there are others who follow him. But certainly this does not mean you must take it lying down and crawling around like us. You humans have big brains, voices, and legs to march on, and have the ability to organize and strike out nonviolently. For the sake of the Nature and earth we weak worms plead with you: Remember your Declaration of Independence where the “Laws of Nature” get priority. Working together, as we do, you can do it.

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