SOLDIER ANTS

When these ants are on he march, run...

 

     SOLDIER ANTS

They march as one

From sun to sun,

Through desert, mud;

Through fire and flood.

 

A massed machine,

They strip all green,

Destroy the land,

Turn grass to sand.

 

And still they come"

An unseen drum

Beats them on,

From dusk to dawn.

 

They swarm, they kill,

And march on still,

Through all they see,

Relentlessly.

 

Author's Note

When the Soldier ants—or army ants—are on the move, Everyone runs. The ants eat anything in the way; they march as one creature, with one mind.

The last two lines are incorrect. The forager ants are almost blind; they operate by smell, and not by sight.

Reviews

[ANTO]

Wondeful ANTs Marie. Take no s**t - lol
Im glad we dont have them here in Ireland
I love this naturalist side to your pen.
:))

[Marie]

Thanks. All I know about Soldier ants I got from watching a movie called "The Naked Jungle."