Ants (Mwaba Don)

[Wjames]

Ants, architects of complex colonies, I don't think you need "Ants" here, the title's enough introduction.
their size tizzing to a man’s ego I like made-up words when it's obvious what they mean, "tizzing" wasn't obvious to me.
for one to stop for a moment in wonder
to learn from their ways of work.

On sight for the whole period of watch,
move continuously through the colony
like blood passing through the heart with
their gatherings raised above their heads. I like this stanza, but the first line confused me on first read.

Endowed with some sort free spirit "some sort" doesn't add anything for me.
they tear up leaves,climb walls
toil on and underground, hastily
feast on hovering birds and fowls that die.

Dazzling to see them move in line as thou
programmed with robotic instruction
yet they have not the glorious presence of
a flag carrier like that of a military parade. The flag carrier bit has no real build-up, a very abrupt movement from them having robotic instruction to not being "glorious", with no connection I can glean.

I agree with Billy, I think there needs to be some sort of story for a poem this long, more than just a bunch of images of ants doing their thing.