A hard working girl that’s what I am
from the day I’m born ‘til the day I die.
After a quite spoiled nursery,
my work will be valued high.
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There are 12,000 sorts of us
spread out in all regions of the Earth
even in the desert and the arctic circle
surviving heat and ice with mirth.
**
Some of us exist under water,
deep in an Australian pond.
Our buddies in the desert run the fasted
With at least three feet per second.
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Our smallest sorts are tiny
Less than 1/3 an inch.
Our biggest friends are monsters
2 ¾ in. and they can bite and pinch.
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We all live in a monarchy
Mostly working girls and queen
The boys are good to fertilize
then they die and food they’ve been.
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We can carry 10 times our weight
We never rest or pant.
I guess you’ve figured out by now
Oh yes, I am an ant.
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(Copyright June 2018, Aurora Jean Alexander)
