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I’m watching an ant
haul twice its body weight of crumb
along my kitchen cabinet.
I kill the damn insect.
The following ant stops
at the corpse,
takes on its dead pal’s burden,
now bears four times its body weight
as it continues on its way toward the nest.
No place for sorrow in this kingdom,
just do your job,
make up for the ones who can’t.
Yes I watch ants, kill ants...
all so you won’t have to.