The wasp nest

Poem by Steve Day

'My dear son, I would ask you to stop this carnage and leave the wasp nest in the straw barn, allow them space to gather nectar and pollinate.' | Photo: by Tom Sid on Unsplash

I am your mother; you were torn from me
at birth and at that bloody moment the fear
of losing you fluttered through my memory
like wasp-wings building their future.

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