Monday, December 13, 2010

Infestation Tests in Jesting Gestation

The bees came back,
burrowed in the space
between the walls
and the heart of my home

they hum at night
buzz in the morning
when I wake, with honey
in my eyes

angry threats scrawled:
you mother
you cretinous
you son of a

Don't dare spray
insecticide inside
their abject hives

the swarm is too destructive
stingers too sharp
dances too instructive

when they stare
at me
I feel fractured
a million of one

We'll live in begrudging harmony
bees feeding off the flower
of my youth,
I wear pollen in hair.

Only takes one punctuation
to send me into a comma
thought cut off too short

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