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Ants in my pants

In the dark of my belly I wouldn’t expect Bats to be nestled Having to detect The stress and frustration That I now feel In a punitive world Where the arrogant reel In, our true ethic I am sure ants … Continue reading

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Weird behaviour on the face of it

Birds get awfully uncomfortable Sometimes in the wild Itchy and scratchy And acting like a child They may settle on an ants nest And let the ants climb Up over their bodies It’s called Anting And with time Ants give … Continue reading

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Fish are murdered in great shoals every hour

Hooked gaffed netted iced Harpooned all these verbs to kill Drag fish from the icy depths Crush and scatter Cut and scale Murder at a terrific rate Cook alive an awful fate Fish feel pain their agony From river pool … Continue reading

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“Anting”

Wiggly ant biofuels infiltrate wings Nibbling fluff each tiny heart sings At the thought of a featherbed Soft to the touch Something the birds seem to relish as much anting

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Anting a science of the Corvidae

Burrowing scavenging Bacteria rich Food we allude to the sign And the pitch Crow family members Have worked out a way Of encouraging Anting For pests no delay It’s formic acid ants Show when the bite The crows know the … Continue reading

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Some people just don’t think

she wanted  a unique table setting a piece of extraordinary art a sculpture of something original something that  comes from the heart outside in her garden an ants nest millions were at it, and they were building their  cavernouse colony working … Continue reading

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Calves and Rodeo

The mindlessness of the unsound The wanting moronic who Go about as cowboys And to rodeos they do Inanity and thoughtlessness A topic of their day Unseeing eyes And tunnel vision It all gets in the way Apathetic unaware Preoccupied … Continue reading

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Antemocracy (formic intelligence)

When Tyrannosaurus stalked The earth after blood and guts The tiny ant was watching Walking in his ruts Trillions of them marching Really to their own tune Invested with such intelligence Seemingly immune Because they work together United all for … Continue reading

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Wood ants of the jura and their ability to make ANTibiotics

Material existence The fundamental show Under the sun the living god The so enduring glow They seem indestructible Subsisting as they do Essentially one great big family Tangible and true A colony of wood ants The thought of war and … Continue reading

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Grass cutter ants of Argentina

Argentina’s pampas great grasslands of old Thousandsand thousands of miles wide On its spirit most are sold The tiniest soul lives and struggles For they Are the tiny grass cutting ants All working away Such immense vitality All their true … Continue reading

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The Ant State

Effective and efficient Their potency is power A driving force of dominance A vigourousness for now Their energy atomic Athletic through and through They are a secret society And reign supreme they do Their overwhelming message Incontestable regard Aliens for … Continue reading

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