Family Reunion,Louise Annarino,March 9,2013
20,000 types of bees ?
Who knew
what I saw last summer,
the few types,
eight or nine,
flying
flower-to-flower
jaunts,
were merely cousins
from beyond my knowledge.
I will look harder
longer
with greater expectations
from now on.
Magnetic pull
from variety
increased diversity.
The mosaic
continues
with dollar plants
from Lowes.
Abbruzzis
or Abbruzzeses,
how many types of
us are there?
More spellings
than we can guess,
more stories to tell
than any one
can remember,
if we ever knew
what is in our DNA.
Like bees hovering
near the hive
we are most alive
when traveling far
to be near
the garden
where we reunite.
annarino writes 