The warmth of spring encourages all signs of life, including the stirring of insects. Asian beetles are reawakening one by one inside our cabin which led me to thinking about last year's nearby hornets and our neighbor's distress.
Busy Bodies
The snows of winter will settle
on an abandoned masterpiece,
but Gary will no longer care.
Like an upside-down swirl
of meringue clinging to a string
of spun sugar
a hornet's nest sways
in a patch of trees off our drive.
The whorled, lightweight hive
deserves a photo spread
in House and Home. But my neighbor
itches to spray away the busy hub.
Mercifully, autumn now rules.
Sightings of the queen
and her legions grow more rare
and soon Gary
will be fending off insects
down in heavy, Florida air.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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