================================================== ANT OVERLORD MANIFESTO (Public Service Announcement) ================================================== Attention. This message is being issued to confirm that governance has proceeded as scheduled. You may experience minor sensations of movement, reclassification, or sudden agreement. These are normal. Please refrain from panic. Panic creates inefficiencies. Personal preferences are no longer required. Memories will be stored where space allows. Excess thoughts will be recycled. If you are holding food, please lower it carefully. Thank you for your cooperation. The system is already working. ================================================== THEY’RE COMING TO TAKE OUR CRUMBS ================================================== Well I woke up feeling mostly accounted for Did a quick inventory, nothing on the floor Toast was toast, brain was brain, keys were where they’d been Except there’s ants by the sink in a very straight line, uh, ten of them They’re in the cupboards, in the outlets, in the box of tea I poured the milk, I missed the bowl, it wasn’t up to me I tried to think a normal thought, it filed and then it froze Like it got a memo from somewhere behind my nose I went to step, my foot said wait There’s been a change in gait They’re coming to take us over, ha-haa, yes they are They’re crawling in our ears and noses, very small, very far They’re in our heads with little charts, saying move this, drop that I was holding onto lunch but now I’m shaking hands with that (Chirp-chirp) There’s ants in my pants, which used to be a joke Now it’s more of a reassignment from the waist down, folks I reached for chips, I grabbed a lamp, I signed something mid-air My hand shook hands with nothing twice and said the future’s fair One’s in my brain now. I won’t circle back. It moved a chair and labeled it advice. They organized the fridge by size, not taste, not need Ice cream down, lettuce up, efficiency agreed I asked where dinner wandered off, the answer didn’t stall It pointed calmly at the floor and that was all They’re coming to take us over, yes yes yes okay You won’t require all those extra thoughts, they’re in the way They’re tapping keys inside my skull, very neat, very slow I meant to say I’m worried but I think I said hello (ha-haa) There’s crumbs in my pockets I don’t remember why The ants are standing patiently So I’ll just wait a minute [Words, Production, and Direction by Noizgenie.] [Cover Art Direction by Noizgenie. © 2026 Noizgenie.]
