Dead Dasie by: Jacob Leones, Digital Photo, 2019
Bumblebee(s) Skin
Two Hornets in bumblebee skin
One takes the risk.
Poke
Its head is out.
Oh, now it turned red.
The other is certain to not shed its skin.
They come together.
Nursing the sunflower seed.
Redhead bumblebee cares for the seed.
Feeding it affection that no longer belonged to the other.
Unshed bumblebee, don’t grow angry.
Your tail is poking through and you’ll make redhead fume.
Sunflower seed you’ve grown to be 6 feet.
Much too tall for some little bumblebees.
The redhead hatches out of its shell.
Fluttering like a cabbage white.
Poor unshed bumblebee, left out with nowhere to go.
Even the sunflower is no longer in your reach.