The Colony

It’s the banquet of the beehive.

At the center of the table,

the still tornado of a wasp nest.

 

We’ve been gifted a handful of stingers.

We’ve been gifted a life of welts.

Peel the bee wings to make bandages.

 

You, I see, are a mannequin of wax.

You, I see, have tipped the honeycomb into the jar.…

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