City of Holographic Ants

two-legged ants dart
around & through
a holographic city
overcome by
  an illusion of order
overwhelmed by
  a terrestrial constellation
  under cacophonous con(de)struction

six-legged ants dutifully
transport breadcrumbs to tiny
chasms in the mottled dirt
 where cool dark silence
briefly mollifies
  a holographic planet
  under careless (de)construction

-NJV(1984/2023)