The Kingdom of Decay

Is never horrifying
For long. You’ve evolved to be
Revolted by those stages

When the lives eating remains
Could parasitize you too,
But then other lives eat those

And, in turn, get colonized,
As the underworld kingdom
Goes to compost, then Eden.

No matter what kind of life you are,
Your trophic level turns up
Eventually, and you’ll eat

All you can at the buffet
Of the kingdom of decay.