Curiosity

[Snowbells]

Hi, Wjames;
I like this vignette that focuses on a child's fascination with marching ants at its feet. Please see my notes below. Jerry

Magnifying glass in hand,
the child basks in the black heat
of his driveways asphalt, enamoured (I would suggest, "intrigued" or "fascinated.")
by the instinctual sophistication of the ant [colony] at his feet. (Maybe ant swarm, because the actual ant colony would stay underground. I visualize a swarm of ants on a foraging expedition.)