A square box in the back

caked with old pumpkin skin

apple core and miniature earthquakes and landslides

atop A squash seed two ants danced

in a naive attempt to avoid the schedules of the day

giving each other permission 

for autonomous thinking  

the ant queen picked up on the signal

And they in turn picked up on her's.

one said "go back"

the other said "run away"

dancing's defeat.