parasites as poemfodder

America is too clean. Once, when I was a kid playing in the sandbox, my dad told me if I wasn't careful, tiny worms would burrow under my fingernails and dig inside of me. I assumed he was making it up. Actually, he was being kind of mean. Below, RadioLab reports on a guy who cured his awful awful allergies with parasites. Fast forward to the 10 minute mark. This amazing (gross amazing) story via friend/poet/symbiote Amelia.



Also, "the T-Rex of leeches" found in Amazon swimmers' noses.

Not to be confused with metaphors for romantic love.