The Beehive Woman

The wise seasoned woman

sat on her chair in

her bedroom.


Her white turban

sat on her head

like a beehive.


I sat on her bed

with my feet

dangling over the 

edge.


The cloth of her 

turban wrapped 

around itself

like wax in 

a series of 

honey filled 

hexagons.


Wisdom oozed 

from her mind like

honey from a prodded

hive.


I was like a bee

returning for
 
her honey.   











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