One by one

I sat in thick green grass

with ants skurrying past my fingers,

ignoring my fresh flesh on

the way to paulbear a bettle

towards home for dinner.

My sister was complaining

that her new bunk bed mattress was too hard

and she couldn't sleep.

I told her to be happy

to have a bed at all and

that shut her up real quick.

We watched the tiny creatures

shifting, helping each other carry

the carcass ten times their size,

and I tried to imagine what

it would look like if humans

ever learned the simple lesson

of teamwork.

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