They came

Mind's motor running smooth, drifting down the highway of thought, watching 

the passing scenery of days tasks. Just completing lunch steering it to the 

plate, when came that sudden bang. Shock, disbelief, reaction. Perforated my 

tire on which I stood, bare and bald the culprit still clinging to it was soon 

pulled.  A nail of an ant extracted.

They came, at first the one, then ten, a thousand, millions everywhere in 

traffic jams forming a black asphalt tarmac. A solemn procession of carrion 

cargo. In off road driving they filled the grass. Each step more punctures on 

treadless tires. Hitchhikers uninvited intruders of the back seat. Shaken off at 

each stop only to catch a ride on the next one passing.

They came

Author's Note

Yesterday while fixing dinner I was stung on the foot by what I initially thought was a horsefly. Brushing it with my other foot the pain remained. Looking down I saw a large black ant. Stooping down to pull it off I saw dozens of others swarming about. Sweeping them outside I saw tens of thousands swarming the side of the house. Going out the other door literally millions surrounding the house, covering the walks and porch. Each step on the grass produced a foot full clinging. Retreating inside I had numerous hitch hikers that had to be removed. Today they are gone not a dead body of the one's I squashed left behind as if it were a dream, but the bites on my feet remind me it was not a hallucination.

Reviews

[Kady R.]

Hiii Soren,

How terrible you encountered so many ants!! When I would visit family in Puerto Rico most the homes we would stay at would have terrible ant problems and I remember my childhood being filled with off spray and lotion to help with the insects and ants there. I can totally relate to the chaos of ants.

Thanks for sharing a bit of yourself.
Kady

[Soren]

Thank you for reading and for your comment they are appreciated. New experiences can be overwhelming and if one has no experience with them one freezes not knowing what to do.

[Kady R.]

Very true🤗🤗🥰🥰

[Jansy]

Soren, knowing the real-life chaos behind this makes the poem both hilarious and terrifying. A single bite becomes a battalion, a quiet footstep escalates into a siege, and suddenly your backyard is the stage for an ant apocalypse. I love how you turned a domestic nuisance into an epic, almost cosmic narrative. It reads like absurdist philosophy: the universe delivers its tiniest agents to remind us how small and vulnerable we are, and yet, how resilient our patience can be. The hitchhikers in the backseat just seal the humor and the horror...brilliantly observed, beautifully rendered.

[Soren]

Thank you Jansy for your wonderful review. To understand this in its context, I live in Brazil in a series of wood cabins in the midst of rain forest with my closest neighbor about a half mile away. So it is not quite like the hose I have in Florida that is only a half acre with neighbors all around.

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[Chris Shaw]

How something so insignificant can suddenly manifest into a nightmare and then disappear. However, you are left with the pain as a reminder Soren, it truly happened. What a troubling occurrence, conveyed with great imagery.

Chris

[Soren]

Thank you Chris for the read and comment yes truth is stranger than fiction.

[RomaJ]

I love the way this poem turns a small, almost mundane accident into something uncanny and alive. The imagery of ants multiplying across the tires feels both surreal and relentless, a quiet chaos creeping into daily life. There’s a tension here between control and inevitability, and the repeated line “They came” leaves a lingering sense of intrusion and persistence that haunts long after reading.

[Soren]

Thank you Roma for the review. Yes a true incident that happened the other day it transformed into a poem. I appreciate your kind words of support

[Thomas W Case]

Ouch. Powerful work. I felt it.

[Soren]

Thank you Thomas it is appreciated