THE ANTS

THE ANTS!

The ant

Was scurring

About

Gathering 

Grain and

Food

Before the

Rains...

Alone she

Worked

To feed 

Her family

Ungrateful

Little ant

Kids!

Come and 

Help

Your mother

She'd yell

You eat without

Thought

From where 

The grain 

Came...

But Mum,

We know 

You get 

Us food...

We are little

Kids

There's not 

Much

We

Can do!

Wrong!

Corrected

The mother

Ant

You can 

Help.

Sniff out 

And follow

The trail

Telling your mum

The whereabouts 

Of more

Grain!

Alright

Echoed the

Ant Kids

As they

Fell behind

Their Mum

Wherever she

Went...

It was inevitable 

They all 

Got caught

The ant

Kids

Singing songs

As their Mum

Led them 

On...

A sweep

Of 

The broom

And.they 

All went

Into the bin

Together

To gather

Food

Before the

Monsoons...

Ants in 

The trash

That's what

They became 

Then!

       FREDERIKA MENEZES