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Honey

I have ordered thirty thousand bees
They will arrive: two boxes two queens
Shipped through the postal service in spring
Postal lady will call us just to say
Your bees are here – put ‘em out on the back step
And then to bring them home to their new home
The apartment hive that rises story
By story as they build their honey world
Do their figure of eight dance for the meadow
Missionaries of the pollenways
We will tell them all our secrets
The gossip that will fill their days
Keep them safe from the wasp and the bear
Honey in the morning – gift for our care.