The bumblebees danced their way

through the semi-alien landscape

of a town far from the pollen collecting

sites near their own loving hive and wondered

aloud in their own dramatic buzz-like,

black and yellow single stripe fashion

just how they had gotten so far-flung

in their quest.

 

There was no predator wasp of Time

to serve and yet Time still had mastery over their

flight path through the city streets

and in the male, Time preyed heavily,

Time had lost its charm

and a younger bee noticed