Validation,
Ate away by the fire ants
Crawling up my spine
And into the back of my head.

Validation,
The leaves feel it only
As one by one a bud
Has turned to flower.
When the grass has grown
Tall enough to graise
My walking hands.

Validation,
The patchwork of battling for space
And the support from the waters.

Validation,
Is it something the plants
Feel only once knowing
The buds themselves are growing.

Validation,
Is it something the fire ants
Have ate away inside my head?
-Joshua Banks JJAJ

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