The Edges Light Up

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As the morning windows glistened
with forest sense, light-green leafhoppers
and infrared beetles scrambled their foothold
pinpoint clockwork. Pumpkin leaves,
widening, imbibed solar fluids from open air
as honey bees worked visitation, their ankles
caked with pollen. If insects can be happy,
they must have been. Certain hornets find
themselves belligerent. Certain ants can end up
so angry they fight wars. So the honey bees
discovered themselves happy, perhaps feeling
joy in fullness of blossoms, richness of the pollen
and the calling colors-they know how
they can be of use for the cause,
the life of the hive, back in the day.

                                                        If you tend
blossoming plants bees are visiting, you might try it
with sky-blue calm, picturing health for the plant,
for the bees, and people. Listen, nothing bad
will happen. Don't be afraid of them.
The bees can see your earnestness in synch
with their own. They will know you as part
of the afternoon. Be calm near the bees,
and they will return to help continue the work.