Don’t be fooled.
We are now at the beginning.
I dare not say this out loud
for fear of being stoned.
Ridiculous, you would say,
Much more likely
you will be shot or raped.
But I know better.
The ants are back
in proliferation.
New species, much smaller,
more deadly.
Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty years published writer in all genres. Her current project is an Off-Broadway Play on the subject of art and life.
