Fire

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Fire

1.
The ants are always hungry. They spit fire to cook
their food before they bite. They are much more
civilized than us. They chew each bite thoroughly.
They never hide partially eaten donuts under the
passenger seat out of shame. They never have to
run five miles on a treadmill just to stop crying.
Ants never count their legs to make sure they
haven't misplaced one; they always know by smell.
They never fall into the same traps, or if they do,
it doesn't matter because there are 2000 more
behind them, and ants don't ever have names
to be missed.

2.
The ants are always hungry.
They spit fire to cook their food before they bite.
They are much more civilized than us.
They chew each bite thoroughly.
They never hide partially eaten donuts under
the passenger seat out of shame.
They never have to run five miles on a treadmill
just to stop crying.
Ants never count their legs to make sure
they haven't misplaced one;
they always know by smell.
They never fall into the same traps,
or if they do, it doesn't matter because
there are 2000 more behind them,
and ants don't ever have names
to be missed.

C.L. Bledsoe

Posted over on Jelly Roll Magazine
1. Cortney's prose poem
2. Line breaks by Glenn Buttkus