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barefoot on the jungle floor which is covered with ants</i></p><p id="4189"><i>and they never get bitten</i></p><p id="5256"><i>why is this? because they are part of the jungle</i></p><p id="3bb4"><i>and the ants know this</i></p><p id="73b8"><i>you can read more about my life in the Amazon jungle here:</i></p><div id="b030" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/healing-in-the-jungle-c4e86ea4c60f"> <div> <div> <h2>Healing in the Jungle</h2> <div><h3>I was sick, and now I’m healed.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*EQn9dFdO236133xBr-W-6Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="d246" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-firefly-5d65b3f655ff"> <div>

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            <h2>The Firefly</h2>
            <div><h3>A story from the indigenous Machiguenga of the Amazon jungle in Peru</h3></div>
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            <div><h3>the Amazon rages

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ants

a poem

the Amazon is filled with jungle beasties and ants

lots and lots of ants

ants of all sizes big and small tiny and huge

ants with pinchers that the indigenous Machiguenga use to stitch skin that’s been cut

fiery red ants that hurt like hell leaf-cutter ants always on patrol carrying leaves to their home

ants in my drink ants in my food ants in my tent

and yet

I notice that the indigenous people will walk barefoot on the jungle floor which is covered with ants

and they never get bitten

why is this? because they are part of the jungle

and the ants know this

you can read more about my life in the Amazon jungle here:

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