Bumble Bees

Bemused

Befuddled

Bumble Bees

Whose ragged wings

Say

Summers gone

Still bravely forage

On and on

Now amongst

More seeds

Than flowers

Lavender

With sleeping powers

Once yellow coats

Now beige

With hours

Of dedicated purpose

Flown

Such busy lives

They never moan

Back and forth

To and fro

Until the sun sunk orange glow

Sends them to bed

Where

No one knows

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Egal Bohen

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August 2010