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Termites prefer
blue
to black -
ink on sand or
paper, laid flat --
they follow words
on a pheromone trail --
the scent appears as
elusive poetry,
invisible text,
lost stories --
the swarm reads,
feeds, then
disappears

#smallpoems

(discovered this fact in the book I am reading but this also explains it: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-do-termites-follow-ink-trails-1968588)