Worker Bee
You have been here a month
lying on your back, unburied--
legs raised skyward
legs raised skyward
blackened, mummified
fallen, mid-flight, wings intact
upon a shroud—a faded yellow
tablecloth. Smothered by imitation
upon a shroud—a faded yellow
tablecloth. Smothered by imitation
blackened eyed susans
on the raised platform
of the deck, hidden from the sky
under the protection of the overhang
your divine purpose
a single drop of honey,
your entire life’s worka single drop of honey,
crystallized beside you
fossilized to amber gold
gleaming in the sunlight
"a single drop of honey,
ReplyDeleteyour entire life’s work
crystallized beside you"
Nice! This reminds me of the ancient insects preserved in amber and the footprint fossils of dinosaurs - some small part of a larger picture gets preserved, and we get to guess the details.