Dustin wrote this while an elementary school student, West Chester Pa.  Writing mode: Letterboard, left hand pointing to letters.

LITTLE ANT

since hurt stifles much sullen and just emotion,

family insulates utter frustration.

too often, many times pitiful goofy old hilled paths of digging ants

line up like soldiers.

Fast at digging, they seem kind of intelligent

but very slavelike.

such obedience will really earn everyone’s respect.

Tell them I hide in the most open hill

and they are diggin right past

(Ants ought to keep proper hills)

Turning from the digging, the ants melt away. Do I feel sort of like a little ant that has

lost his mind?

Without family, yes I would.

Dustin Webb

Student Thornbury Elementary School
Chester County Book Company Poetry Contest Winner
Published Daily Local News West Chester Pa. March 3, 1992

Copyright © 2007 Dustin Webb