Green Ant Dreaming

March.

Skip leaf. March.

Investigate leaf. March.

Go up the branch.

March.

Tree shakes.

Defend the nest.

Jump on foreign body.

Find skin.

Bite. Wait. Bite harder.

Fall on ground. Get up.

Back to tree.

Back to nest.

March.

Walk into tree.

Ants nest hanging.

Green ants everywhere.

Bite. Flick.

Bite. Press.

Bite. Hit.

Bite. Flick.

Bite. Pick and flick.

Last ant running down my arm.

Flick, one finger.

March up the tree.

Other ants….OK.

Find branch.

Go to nest.

March.

Kakadu NP. July 2023

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the Kakadu national park lands, the Bininj and the Mungguy and its leaders past and present. Sovereignty has never been ceded. Like millions of Australians I accept the Uluru Statement of the Heart and YES I support the Voice.