For once an ant who did very bad things,
Did not expect to be poked with a stick,
By three bigger ants who were just as mean.
But still the cheers roared high and proud,
From the smiling faces of ants in the crowd,
Who laughed when they poked,
And cheered when he howled.
And before the stick was stung into the nast ant's eyes,
They saw his fear and they saw his cries,
But they still roared loud, they did not mind.
The ants thought it best
To fight fire with fire,
Make the nasty ant pay for being such a liar.
And as the nasty ant fell, the other ants began to sing,
But as their smiles grew wide they didn't seem to think,
That they too had become ants who did very bad things.
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Here this alteration was designed for a wider target audience by having a double meaning. A child should take the story as it is, and come away with the moral view of the murderous ants being just as bad as the nasty ant they have killed.
For an adult however, the poem can be read as a metaphor. The nasty ant is a reflection of how low the man being killed is looked upon in society. The fact that they treat him in such a barbaric manner shows that they too have steeped to his level and they too have become like the nast ant, doing something just as morally low and wrong. The comparison to ants should also make the people's actions seem little more than the workings of nature where there are no rules and morals.
It is not something I do often enough but I think it is important to experiment with pieces of work and make them accesibble to people of all ages because it tends to give writing an extra layer of depth and dimension.
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