ANNIE IS BACK IN TOWN

Annie, the nuisance ant, has come back to town,
Now that there is a lot of sunshine all around!

Aggressive Annie, has decided to move right in,
Looking so desperate...so hungry....so very thin!

I thought I was finally rid of her last year, you see,
But, now she has come back, just to bother me!

Bringing aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers,
All of their relatives.. grandfathers and grandmothers!

No doubt, in time....there will be more and more,
Perhaps hundreds are waiting, just outside my door!

I've put lots of "ant food", that is supposed to be,
The final "solution"....to keep these ants away from me!

Just a few drops! They can quickly eat and then go away,
There should be no more ants, by the very next day!

Who has invented, this magnificent, ant-disappearing treat?
These smart ants aren't leaving! They think it is neat!

They ate and ate.....and invited friends to come and feast!
They came from everywhere...north, south, west and east!

I watched in amazement, as they all danced around,
All the ants ate like gluttons, until they all fell down!

DEAD?.......Oh, NO!.........NOT A CHANCE!!
Soon they jumped up and went on with their "dance"!

Greeting each other......having such excitement and fun,
Were they enjoying my delicious ant drops?...Yes, everyone!

It looked just like a party scene and wouldn't you know,
I  WASN'T  EVEN  INVITED  TO  GO!!

I was hopeful, that by tomorrow, this concoction would do,
The cruel, murderous job, that was promised by you!

Instead, the ants scurried back, for another good meal,
Apparently, this "tonic" made all of these ants feel...

EXHILARATED!  HAPPY!  AS IF INTOXICATED!
As a would-be murderess.....I would be exonerated!

By now, I was even more determined to claim my shelf,
And not share my space, with anyone but myself!

I scrubbed every corner!! Not a crumb could be found!!
Surely these ants, would all pack and leave town!

NO! Here they are!! The new "advance search team"!!
Ready and willing to continue their little, ant scheme!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I WILL have my own way!
Free from Ant Slumber Parties, Special Treats and Ant Play!

Like a criminal at large, I now searched for my prey!
Aiming my poisonous can of deadly, ant spray!

After a little squirt there.... and a little squirt here,
All of those nasty, pest guests did quickly disappear!

ME? The KILLER? A confessed, ANIMAL LOVER?
Of course, most animals don't wish to live in my cupboard!!

Pauline Banning

W4-1263-98-D15

Apparently, the ant is one of the largest families, of the Hymenoptera
order and are found in nearly all parts of the world. They are extremely
intelligent insects...noted for highly developed social life. Some ants
build a mound, which can be three feet in height and is laboriously built
in labyrinthine style, used for storage and hatching. Queens and workers
live six to seven years. Males die after mating and the young are produced
by the Queen. Other insects are enslaved by ants....notably aphids, whose
bodily excretion of "honey" makes them useful as "cows".
 

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