Consider the Ant

Ode to the Sluggard

By Natasha CollazoPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read

Any creation by my niece

She’s not a daydream—

she’s a craftsman, a chef, a gardener.

She doesn’t do it for show.

Nor is she a showstopper—

Like the dragonfly, or grasshopper,

with their views and their likes.

3D colors in portrait mode.

She’s a minuscule piece to the puzzle.

Insignificant to the eye.

But she brings more to the table

with readiness.

When the soil is scourged with famine

she toiled long during summer

to prepare for winter.

What would become of the world

if I labored,

like she, her

it—ant.

With no one watching?

What if we still did things

when we didn’t feel like it?

Selected Writer in Residency, Champagne France ---2026

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