ants

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dinnertime -
four tiny ants drag
a huge caterpillar



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mid-day heat -
four tiny ants drag
a huge caterpillar

Watching such scenes in Kenya, I am inclined to interpret the ants' unco-ordinated dragging as the will to co-operate, handicapped by lack of overview...!

Here is a recent scene from Japan :

shinkansen platform --
a woodlouse goes its way
undeterred

Right among the passengers' big feet...!

Isabelle.

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Read my Haiku Archives 2007


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