I retreat like a nut into my shell

To develop and complete.

I am safe for a spell, I know,

But I also have faith in the bagworms.

They will come and gnaw right through

My protective covering,

And my only defense will be a passive one,

To develop a bitter vitriol,

So maybe though a bagworm

May be my fate,

I can go out with a bang,

Knowing I'm a bagworm bellyache

In my afterlife.

-jenn