My brother’s skull hosts an army
of invisible ants that drive him barmy.
They regularly make him twitch,
squirm, grimace and itch.
He pokes a finger in his ear
rooting for ants that might appear,
then scours the cavities of his nose,
scratches his head or picks his toes
where ant-supporting fungi grows.
And now his hand’s inside his pants
Is that the nesting place of ants?