if all of her would turn into bees
by Rose Lemberg
Rose Lemberg is an immigrant from three countries. Their poetry has appeared in Apex, Goblin Fruit, Mythic Delirium, Jabberwocky, and many other venues. They edit Stone Telling with Shweta Narayan, and has recently edited The Moment of Change for Aqueduct Press. For a longer list of credits and endeavors, please visit http://roselemberg.net and http://rose_lemberg.livejournal.com.
if all of her would turn into bees
and fly to the buckwheat fields each morning,
she wouldn't scream so
each time her gut swarmed,
or her tongue,
or, gods have mercy, the sweltering beehive of her heart.
September 24th, 2012