Fire Ant
by Molly Girard
Runestone, volume 12
Under a microscope
on a sunny day,
each movement of syringe-small muscle
becomes an earthquake pulse.
No formaldehyde needed:
scrutiny alone burns.
No sheer-cleavered wing of mine
will be lucky enough to find itself
pinned in a museum box.
All remnants of me
slowly simmer on the pavement:
are assigned no scientific name.
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Molly Gerard
Loyola University Maryland
Molly Gerard is a senior writing and communications major from Loyola University Maryland. Her minor in sociology has fueled her passion in writing about present-day issues in society and topics of human connection. Previously published in Corridors Magazine, Molly is ecstatic to contribute to Runestone.