Friday 17 September 2010

More Ant Manoeuvres

In the forests of Brazil
Ants are building the Great-Ant-Hill
A fortress for ten million insects
With a thousand tunnels to their nests
All lined inside with cemented earth
And having ten chambers within each berth;
A quiet excitement pervades the work,
In the drainage channels soldiers lurk
And on the bridges more soldiers watch
No slave can run or shirk or botch;
And when from the forest on full moon nights
The shuttles run down from the heights
Of the highest trees to the neighbourhood
And feelers tap-tap through the woods
They sign the way to the guarded gates,
To the 7th wonder of the Great-Ant-State

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gw2010
image: free-clip-art

5 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, do hope this is not intended as a metaphor for the shape of things to come!

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  2. Mmm this is beautiful...
    Please check out my blog! http://dysfunctionalbeginnings.com/ - about growing up, and beginnings in general. We've survived it. Now let's attest to it!

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  3. Thanks for all the comments about the ants in the jungle. And Jessica, thanks also for the invitation, I'll check your blog soon.

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