January 21, 2016, Prescott- I am spending today and tomorrow with fourth graders at a small elementary school, on Prescott’s north side. It’s a welcoming place, that has offered me continuity, over the years. I will miss that, in the latter part of next week, but one must choose, and move forward with those choices.
Here’s a bit of speculation, on a different note:
Is it ethical to practice vivisection on ants?
Looking at the segments of the writhing forms,
whilst knowing full well none of them may register a plaint.
The susurration of a shocked animal-rights advocate, in Scandinavia, may be the norm.
Yet, would it be any less barbaric, for a horseshoe to land on the insects, as they herd their aphids, among their plants?
(The above is in response to another prompt, in the Winter Scavenger Hunt).
A Sagittarian Seeker 
For some reason, my comments do not post. Great poem.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 10:06 PM, righteousbruin wrote:
> righteousbruin9 posted: “January 21, 2016, Prescott- I am spending today > and tomorrow with fourth graders at a small elementary school, on > Prescott’s north side. It’s a welcoming place, that has offered me > continuity, over the years. I will miss that, in the latter part of nex” >
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I will go to my Dashboard, and see if your comments are stuck in limbo, Judy.
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heh, by one set of ethics the vermin are lucky if i failed to set my surrounds by the acre on fire … another equally valid set of ethics says all life is prescious even the pestilential/dangerous kinds. – i.e. yes hurry or no,discouraged 😀
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I have noted that the ants are doing the hard work of tilling the packed soil.
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the song’s riff of going into the wow part said yes.
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I’m a vegan anteater so please don’t touch the ants. 🙂
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A vegan who eats ants? Hmmmm.
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😀
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