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i've been hauling dirt all day
i think i'll take a rest
stop,you!i have something to say

but ants must not rest
we wont be tolerated
as is, many think us a pest!

now hear,you scoundrel you mule
i've been bothered,day and night
were we to find time for school
we'd know we best all in might

no you listen you lazy friend
i know two things,is all
the equalizer and discombobulater
i will explain,toyounowratherthenlater

the equalizer refrains and trains
he grows red tomatoes every time
the discombobulater runs amuck
and crayons pictures out of line

when one is ill things go nuts
when one is shrill we go nuts
(because we have great hearing)
so put that sand-thing on your back
and march!i say!the colony you cause lack!

i will! i will! no refrain! no refrain!
i'll do the thing,i'll carry it this way
i'll go in circles and circles too
just to get away from you!

Very clever, Elazar....I believe there was a large-scale movie [perhaps an animation] about the ant world within the last couple years. What prompted you to go so microcosmic?

~Lizzytysh

dear lizzy,
i wanted to write about the equalizer and discombobulater,and this placement just hit me.i had a lot of fun writing it.

elazar

elazar~This poem is a Hoot. I've read it completely through 3 times now. Such fun language and imagery. I especially like the 6 words yourantogether (ha), it adds great character to the piece. Very imaginative and clever. Thanks for sharing, Laurie

THis was amazing. Did you ever have an ant farm when you were a child?

i never had an ant farm,but a facination for ants,yes.i would watch them,for timeless hours.i was brought up in a home without a t.v.and my entertainment was simple.i do remember seeing in the science museum a omni show about them,and i think this sparked my interest.we did have a lady bug farm that my sister invented.a jar,plus many beautiful lady bugs.
those were the days.......

elazar

Yes, Elazar....takes me back to the ants, ladybugs, fireflies, crickets, grasshoppers, tadpoles, and worms. Love them all, and played with them all. The ants were fascinating to watch how they carried things so much larger and heavier than themselves. Being raised in that fashion [no TV] is not a disfavour to a child.

my mom is a visionary.she didnt allow my sisters to have barbies either. she didnt believe in dumping us over for the day
so untill we entered school,she made a makeshift daycare-like
group at our home.very "hands-on" childhood.i really am gratefull to her.
i grew up in minnesota,and the neighborhood togetherness was great.
the mississippi river was a 10 minute walk.minihaha falls wasnt far either.
my grandfather,may he live and be well,gave me a table aquarium at 8.
i had parrakeets at 10.life was good.

elazar

Ahhh, yes, Elazar. So idyllic ~ and great Mom.

Oh, yes, much better than television.

heard about this awesome web site on a radio program here...thought i would share it and hope someone will find it interesting....

http://antcolony.org


salut,
elazar

Good grief , I've just read the first page and several thoughts are coming at me, all at once:

(1) I feel a poem coming on from Georges
(2) Ants will forever be lauded
(3) We are about to be compared to an ant colony by someone here
(4) Ants amaze me now, even more than they ever have,
and I've read only the first page of this site.

Thanks for this link, Elazar. Truly amazing creatures, they are. Did you ever dream your poem could be so accurate? I wonder how some of the ant colloquialisms go. What with Yankee ants, New Yorker ants, Midwest ants [the ones with the serious work ethic], cowboy ants, surfer ants, Southern Belle ants, redneck ants, cracker ants, auntie ants ~ who'd'uh thunk?

i wonder if they isolate one ant,if they will find the horrible truth,that ants are by nature LAZY !!!

salut,
elazar

Funny, Elazar.....if they do, it'll be proof of peer pressure, for sure .

Dear Elazar,

You should read "A rustle in the grass" by Robin Hawdon.

Bo