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The Flower and the Bee

May 18, 2010
By jpaigey0475 SILVER, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
jpaigey0475 SILVER, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
Not with a bang but a whimper.
-"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot


On the chipped windowsill
Rests a young flower
With petals of pure, pristine white
In a cracked clay pot.

Gazing at the flourishing
World beyond the glass,
Her stem slouches and
Her leaves limp.

She marvels at the bee
As he crawls through
The hidden crevasse
Of the window.

Floating in his beautiful
Coat of obsidian and gold,
He delicately lands
On her petals.

He, the bee, aborbs
Her yellow sweetness
With lacivious intent,
To which she, the flower, complies.

Soon the bee flutters away,
Leaving the flower, a dingy white,
Continuing to gaze at the
World beyond the glass.


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on Mar. 28 2011 at 1:49 pm
thejanitor BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"The story of life is like the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello goodbye."

Its nice to hear something so pleasant in this world. This reminds me of the better times.