May I please explain before I get confused again,
what I meant by choosing ants as allegory.
In comparing ants to pixels, running 'round in circles,
there was clearly technological intent
Then I fantasized, before I realized,
I had switched the ants to people in my story.
In the scatter of my brain, I lost track again,
of what the ants were meant to represent.

Looking at that verse, the rhyme scheme so perverse,
I realized I need eight brand new lines.
I am responsible, but barely capable,
of doing this within constraints of time.
but still I soldier on, all brevity foregone,
my exploration of my previous actions.
I still have not explained, or explanation attained,
and the fault, I know, my dear, is truly mine.

Another verse superfluous, is simply plain ridiculous,
but I suffer from a vain forward momentum.
I have forgotten now, of the ants, when, why, or how,
and simply revel in my wild invention.
Having followed this so far, like me, you surely are,
hoping for a reasonable conclusion.
you clearly must reject, and must not still expect,
I know "ant" about my mind's disintegration.

RoseDrop Rust March 6, 2010

03/06/2010

Author's Note: Intended to be a short apology for previous obscurity, it grew by force of momentum. It was a slow explosion of complexity, it was beyond my ability to restrain.

Posted on 11/01/2011
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