The ants go marching

By cadymae

Nothing to do but trudge on the way.
The ant before you stepped that way.
The Queen mum waits hungry, and in that way,
for whatever crumbs that we bring her way.

The repetitive thump of a child at play
means nothing to us. We don't play.
The hive mind's biology's not wired to play
Rain, cold, heat, all work, no play.

Squish, squish, "Hah Hah"  we hear it say
"Look, Mum" "Oh no. Don't eat that!" she'll say.
We march ever onward with nothing to say
The last thing I hear: "Squish"

There's no free will you can say.


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Copyright 2012 cadymae
Published on Sunday, September 2, 2012.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Jerry stiles On Sunday, January 22, 2017, Jerry stiles (251)By person wrote:

    Nice poem of the ants,,,their life is always moving on,no matter what,,

  • cadymae On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, cadymae (73)By person wrote:

    Thanks for all the kind words, my fellow poets. :) I love posting stuff here. I know I'll get good feedback on my poems. I learn something every time I post one.

  • dwells On Sunday, September 2, 2012, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    The've been here before us and will no doubt be here after we have gone. Something to be said for socially ordered insects. But I think it maybe Communism could be the Homo sapiens equivalency, and that doesn't seem to work so well, cheers Cadymae!

  • FadedBlues On Sunday, September 2, 2012, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...I agree, the repetition is brilliant in defining the ant's 1-dimensional existence. Seuss in an intellectual vein...

  • Markus Darkscribe On Sunday, September 2, 2012, Markus Darkscribe (60)By person wrote:

    Are creatures are slaves to they're biology I liked this Squish at the end .

  • eidos On Sunday, September 2, 2012, eidos (41)By person wrote:

    I'm not a fan of rhyming the same word over again for the entire stanza. It really takes away from the reading of the piece. Interesting concept though.

  • A former member wrote: Interesting and I do like ants. Keep up the good work, bro!!

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