Buzz

Bees, Jackie is allergic to them,

A bee bite, If not treated could kill her,

Still, she’s not in favor of whipping out the bees

Because she loves tending her garden

And the bees are necessary for pollinating.

I’m sure we could figure out how to survive.

I suppose they could even figure out

How to save some bees in some sealed environment

Like in that science fiction movie “Silent Running”

And preserve some flowers and things,

But what would that leave us,

A world of crab grass?

I’m pretty sure that would kill Jackie, too,

Just slower and much more emotionally painful.

I don’t know?

Is it just that it’s such a quiet death,

That their bodies fall from the sky unnoticed?

Will it take the color going out

Before a hue and cry?

Like everything, it seems,

It boils down to a stewardship issue.

Will we care for the bees?

Or will we watch the color fade in the world

Until everything has the pallor of death?