You can’t help the life you were given, like the ant can’t help hers,
the one crawling the white wall at work, in the bathroom, where
my hands, tied to the clock, can’t help, and where there are no windows.
I shut the door behind me, think, how will she survive?
Through the smallest crevice somewhere, I know she will.
Ahrend Torrey enjoys exploring nature in southern Louisiana, where he lives with his husband Jonathan and their two rat terriers Dichter and Dova. He is the author of Small Blue Harbor published by the Poetry Box Select imprint (Portland) in 2019. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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