09-07-2013, 01:08 AM
Edit:
Magnifying glass in hand,
a child basks in the black heat
of his asphalt driveway.
Ants dart in military zig-zags
towards base, a pile of sand
in a crack on the sidewalk;
smoke rises from their graves.
Original:
Magnifying glass in hand,
the child basks in the black heat
of his driveways asphalt, enamoured
by the instinctual sophistication of the
ant colony at his feet.
Magnifying glass in hand,
a child basks in the black heat
of his asphalt driveway.
Ants dart in military zig-zags
towards base, a pile of sand
in a crack on the sidewalk;
smoke rises from their graves.
Original:
Magnifying glass in hand,
the child basks in the black heat
of his driveways asphalt, enamoured
by the instinctual sophistication of the
ant colony at his feet.