Handicapped Ant
Handicapped Ant
Five legged ant walks awkwardly into obstacles
Around rocks, gravel, while stumbling to the field
Peculiar, odd, not in a normal way by any stretch
Strangely staggering, maneuvering, seeking incognito
Ant is challenged by its height as well, for being small
It does not like large creatures wearing shoes
Iron boots are too much for insects on or off the path
There is no protection in the grass from giants
Tornadoes frighten ants and the handicapped
They can not stand the meteors that land near by
Or ones that hit them directly, well
It does not matter when impacted dead
All ants simply want to go to work
Use all six legs to get through the day
Eat some leaves, not have to think or worry
Raise their young, be left alone, then die
The five legged handicapped ant can't run so fast
It leans to the left when meandering in the grass
Avoids humans at all cost
They make fun of it and how it walks
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
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