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I don’t like the ant Or that is to say There is something about them I don’t like They are unthinking They lay chemicals at dawn And don’t stop searching until night is strong They are unthinking Moving unmercifully The hive mind their meaning that I despise Something about them This ant will never know freedom In nature This worker ant both night and day In nature Being for the benefit of the queen There is no laughter Not in the cities Not in the sprawling farms and endless roads There is no laughter Just hands hardened by toil On cast iron tools and heavy machines I don’t like the ant They are unthinking They searching blindy restless legs forever seek With no imigination The ant is just a slave A slave who doesn’t want freedom They are unthinking The ant will never know laughter In nature The ant is just a reminder In nature
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Jul 14, 2019
Jul 14, 2019 at 5:38 PM UTC
Ode to the Ant
I don’t like the ant Or that is to say There is something about them I don’t like They are unthinking They lay chemicals at dawn And don’t stop searching until night is strong They are unthinking Moving unmercifully The hive mind their meaning that I despise Something about them This ant will never know freedom In nature This worker ant both night and day In nature Being for the benefit of the queen There is no laughter Not in the cities Not in the sprawling farms and endless roads There is no laughter Just hands hardened by toil On cast iron tools and heavy machines I don’t like the ant They are unthinking They searching blindy restless legs forever seek With no imigination The ant is just a slave A slave who doesn’t want freedom They are unthinking The ant will never know laughter In nature The ant is just a reminder In nature
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Jul 14, 2019
Jul 14, 2019 at 5:38 PM UTC
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