Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for May 03, 2016

What if they’re fire ants?

Redeem ants and finish.

They were after my cake.It was cheese cake.It wasn’t really cake cake.It was a cake made of lies.

Phalanges in the eye may cause an acorn-sized occlusion.

But, ma! I had an acorn in my eye and never saw them coming!

A cornea, eye see.

MY FAVORITE PART WAS, “PHALANX.”

What a shame! that would be far more impressive than “My dog ate it.”

Must be the kid’s formicid years.

Carrots are better for your eyes than nuts.

Phalanx- a body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation.

That reminds me that I have to go outside this weekend to rain Bayer Co. death upon all the ants and grubs in the yard.Sure, it seems harsh, but starving them through allowing them to overpopulate drives them indoors in search of food.Without tiny parasitic wasps to keep their numbers down, I am left with either insecticide or drain oil. And I’m pretty sure the DNR is going to be really upset if I start using drain oil to maintain a kill zone around the perimeter.They’re such babies sometimes…

You’re the bitter little acorn of my eye…