Whether the bees are arriving
or departing
is an unsolved mystery.
The pink daisy held with both hands
offers no information.
*
As for the girl, her eyes
are twin lakes that drown reflection.
The mouth stays silent too —
curves in no direction
as her body becomes a gown of wings
too dangerous to touch.
*
Maybe the shift away from innocence
is filled with venom.
On the other hand, what if the future
is beauty that hums electric
stings us only
when we fall back to sleep?
*
Originally published in Menacing Hedge
This poem was inspired by the amazing “Girl with a Bee Dress” by Maggie Taylor. If you search for her work online, you might recognize some of the surreal, evocative images from the introduction to “Ghost Whisperer.” That is where I first saw “Girl with a Bee Dress” and afterward I got obsessed with Taylor’s art. She produces prints by scanning objects into a computer then layering and changing the images using Adobe Photoshop.
You can see some of her wonderful work here:
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Lori Lamothe
Poet, Writer, Mom. Owner of two rescue huskies. Former baker who writes on books, true crime, culture and fiction.
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