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Worker Ant Monologue<\/strong><\/p>\n Alone among thousands We don’t even talk If we did we’d say Together, not lonely when so damn together? Nods to work\/life An email went round We’re all too tired It’s not even really so back home to a box set Licking their legs Satiated if not satisfied Then head down; Busy bees, us ants This is all for us Roll up, step up for our happy <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gary W. Hartley<\/strong> does daft, vaguely-poetic things on stage under the moniker Gary From Leeds. His debut collection, Your Attempt to Enjoy These Poems is Considered Unsatisfactory,<\/em> is out soon on Listen Softly London Press.\u00a0 Twitter: @garyfromleeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Worker Ant Monologue Alone among thousands millions, maybe We don’t even talk if it’s not about work If we did we’d say how happy we are Together, not lonely how can you be lonely when so damn together? Exactly. Nods to work\/life balance from top brass An email went round nest softball […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11824,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11821\/revisions\/11824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmillions, maybe<\/p>\n
\nif it’s not about work<\/p>\n
\nhow happy we are<\/p>\n
\nhow can you be lonely<\/p>\n
\nExactly.<\/p>\n
\nbalance from top brass<\/p>\n
\nnest softball practice<\/p>\n
\nto bother turning up<\/p>\n
\nour thing anyway<\/p>\n
\nof aphids<\/p>\n
\nhoneydew ready meal<\/p>\n
\nthat’s enough<\/p>\n
\ntoday’s hundredth power-nap<\/p>\n
\nbusy busy busy<\/p>\n
\nor if not for us exactly
\nFor a greater good:<\/p>\n
\nGive up<\/p>\n
\nhardworking family.<\/p>\n