Raid

My mother sprays the ants

They eat the food we lazily leave out

And attack the dog food with vigor

They are no match against my mother’s

Thick legs and a mouth that swears too much

They march like soldiers in lines so perfect

No crookedness can breathe

I smell an unforgiving odor

Agent Orange is being released

Their legs are now forever still

Their heads are on their sides in defeat

All of them are dead

Bodies are everywhere

And I couldn’t feel worse

#JimmyBroccoli