A N T S

These ants 

Crossing the streets 

With their hearts in their pants 

And their souls in their feet

Walking zombies in the day 

Shuffling truths 

Midgets of time -

Sore losers of a universe 

Breaking time in the light or

What's left of it now 

   Love never seems to 

Know the answer 

   The Autumn leaves falling as 

The night comes 

        light is down 

These ants 

Simple 

    Tired 

Forlorn 

Hungry 

These ants 

     These 

    Ants 

  Of human suffering