Green ant nest collector

Holding up a hand

a green ant nest on top

folded leaves stuck together

inhabited

deserted

not a single ant close by

left out alone on the bush floor

picked up by the hand

holding it in front of me

two inquisitive eyes

over the abandoned nest

the green ant nest collector

Kakadu NP.  July 2024

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 support the Voice.