Spilled Wine

How much do we dance

Trapper Markelz
Sep 27, 2020

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Photo by SHOT on Unsplash

A bee is pestering,
looking for sugar to coat its thighs
and flick out a path of accolades;

high fives in the hive
before thrumming to death
by queenly command.

How much do we dance
without knowing? Which queen
gives our command

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Trapper Markelz

Trapper Markelz (he/him) is a poet who writes from Boston, MA. His work has appeared in numerous journals and publications. Check out http://trappermarkelz.com