Those wild bees
from unknown frontiers
that you often see vibrate headlong
into yellow blossom
a swarm born outside
every ordinance and law
like the stubborn flowers
which it prefers and protects
– the honey that results is an intractable honey –
vehement shameless violators
of spaces reserved
for model colonies
message of a strong something
shining with arrogance
that still puts eggs and larvae
in the pockets of the Saints
and dies on All Souls’ Day.
(Bartolo Cattafi)
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