Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Worker Bee

Worker Bee

You have been here one month
lying on your back, unburied
leg raised skyward

blackened, mummified
fallen, mid-flight
wings intact— upon

a shroud. Faded, yellow
tablecloth
covered with imitation

black-eyed susans
on the raised platform of a deck
hidden from the sky

under the protection
of the overhang
your life’s work, divine purpose

one drop of honey beside you
fossilized amber

gold gleaming in the sunlight.

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