In Nature Insect Lives Last Often The Least Poem by Terence George Craddock

in nature all diversity lives are spun differently
shortest lived insect mayflies live a day males hours
carpet beetle can crawl around 2 weeks to 2 months
fruit fly vegetarian and cicada span life into a month

workaholic worker bee honey makes 2 to 5 weeks
drones pampered penthouse live it up 20 to 40 days
queen bee mates young runs her hive living for years
dragonfly rocks on rapid flying span life 4 months

nasty pesty curse house flies plague us 2 to 4 weeks
love live longer safe domestic settings life extensions
houses; in wild expiring quickly; in house hibernating
over winter; ready to spring out attack your dinner

drone ants lazy nest live do their thing gone in 3 weeks
worker ants work on hard work for an entire colony year
ant nests can be located almost anywhere physical spaces
underground in trees under rocks inside a single acorn

an anthill is an above ground nest where workers pile
sand or soil outside an entrance forming a large mound
mound builders to mega cities ant engineers construct
ants architects build underground cities to mega colonies


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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