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.
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On Sunday, January 22, 2017, Jerry stiles
(251) wrote:
Nice poem of the ants,,,their life is always moving on,no matter what,,
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On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, cadymae
(73) 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.
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On Sunday, September 2, 2012, dwells
(4288) 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!
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On Sunday, September 2, 2012, FadedBlues
(2172) wrote:
...I agree, the repetition is brilliant in defining the ant's 1-dimensional existence. Seuss in an intellectual vein...
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On Sunday, September 2, 2012, Markus Darkscribe
(60) wrote:
Are creatures are slaves to they're biology I liked this Squish at the end .
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On Sunday, September 2, 2012, eidos
(41) 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.
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A former member wrote:
Interesting and I do like ants. Keep up the good work, bro!!