The pismire is my spirit animal. What's yours?
pis·mire
[pis-mahyuhr, piz-]
noun
an ant.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to pisse to urinate + obsolete mire ant, perhaps < Scandinavian(compare Danish myre, Swedish myra), cognate with Dutch mier; pejorative name from stench of formic acid properties of ants.
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What's a pismire?
Individually, they are phenomenally powerful, together they accomplish monumental feats. They often go unnoticed, but are impossible to ignore.
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-doeuvre for the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
pis·mire
[pis-mahyuhr, piz-]
noun
an ant.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to pisse to urinate + obsolete mire ant, perhaps < Scandinavian(compare Danish myre, Swedish myra), cognate with Dutch mier; pejorative name from stench of formic acid properties of ants.
Dictionary.com
What's a pismire?
Individually, they are phenomenally powerful, together they accomplish monumental feats. They often go unnoticed, but are impossible to ignore.
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-doeuvre for the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass