A frantic line <br />Some go up <br />Some go down <br />On their rickety <br />Tiny string legs <br />Tick tat tick tat <br />Each a nurse <br />Running along <br />With that <br />Inherent eagerness <br />To serve <br />So admirable <br />This nature's <br />Inborn intelligence <br />Wrapped in so small <br />A brain <br />All in royal service <br />To the world's <br />Smallest monarchy <br />Some with big heads <br />Some with small <br />Such mind-boggling <br />Uniformity in so small <br />A world <br />That rivals even <br />The courtesans of <br />Elizabeth II <br />All serving the big <br />Round one <br />Laying egg after egg <br />Day after day <br />Her world bound <br />Around her abodmen <br />Up and down <br />Down and Up <br />The loyal <br />Servants run <br />A microcosm of the <br />World in our eyes<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ants-5/
