I am not runned down
No, I am not ragged
Certainly I have been at sea
Yes, I could be found
at any given time
Wiggling out my whole life
at the bottom of all the interchangeably deep, long, & unfathomable valley in existence
as if my own completely meaningless & perfectly purposeful line of impossibly tiny ants
But in my heart is my home and I know where I’m going¹
I know how to find food, over and over again²
I can smell death, all the time³
And I have always known how to heal injuries and perform amputations⁴
No, I do not feel lost
Yes, even when I find myself at sea
FOOTNOTES
1) From the French National Center for Scientific Research: Ants Have a Mighty Sense of Direction
2) From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienes: Chaos-order transition in foraging behavior of ants
3) From LiveScience: Ants Can Smell Death
4) From The Smithsonian: Carpenter Ants Perform Life-Saving Amputations to Treat Leg Injuries