051110b Family Up The Ceiling Poem by Manonton Dalan

i lay down on the floor looking up
picturing your face on the ceiling
ants line up the edges of your chin
i want to draw your eyes in my mind
you won't be looking down on mine
i smile, ants found a shorter pass

i follow their leader to the corner
there's a pinhole their entrance
enough for their body and food
i wonder what's inside that colony
a lost kingdom we can't understand
besides cruel spray to wipe everyone