he fed his indoor cats outdoor
cats refilled the feeders that fed the three dozen hummingbirds that had accumulated
-- Word was out recently however bees caught wind of the hanging
simple syrup if someone feared bees theyd
not be coming around his place the bees were
thick
but he was the kind of kid who
stopped playing in the pool and cupping his hands together scooped up drowning
bees he let the water seep out between
his fingers and then turned to the sun and let it help dry the prostrate struggling
bee slowly the bee revivedtraipsed around
in the bowl of his hands then flew off
he figured what goes around comes
around
his folks told him he was turning
the phrase on its head it referred to
people who treated others badly he or she in turn would be treated badly by someone
else
I think it also refers to people
who treat others well And that bee will
return to its hive and tell its story dance and my scent will be on it and the
story will spread through the hivethe hive mind through the species
when he was older he read of Jungs
collective unconscious that salted it away
for him bees black widows dogs cats at a whole other level
a friend a beekeeper in Grass
Valley had him out to his production field hundreds of four and five stacked hives a halfmile off the locked gate that spanned
the dirt access road he heard them hum
it was like a bright blue current flowing through him Shangri-La escaped his lips
What did you say?
I said Shangri-La
Shangri-La?
Yes Mystical Harmonious I feelcan feel the bees hum buzz inside me
Got ya! I’ve not put it in those
words, but the feeling’s mutual, it’s why I started working with bees in the first
place. From a hobby into a business. You ought to come in with me, few people
are cut of our cloth.
No no thank you Though I wouldnt mind helping out when I can
what goes around comes around
with all his denizens fed and cared
forfresh syrup cooling on the stove his
coffee brewed he sat down with a black
cup to read the overnight-morning news on his computer
the telephone rang
few people had his number
he liked it that way
so usually when it rang it had
nothing to do with himit was automated telemarketers and if someone really thoughtand there were obviously
those kinds of monkeys those who
conceived that a computer calling him would make him set down his mornings
coffee get up off his ass
yahwell let it ring let it rain let it rain
the answering machine his daughters bought for him and also recorded a greeting
message because he wasnt he said if it left to him hed record Talk Its
your dime
Jesus
Dad
his daughters voice began . . .
Sorry, we’re unavailable right now. If you would like to leave your name,
number, the date and time you called, we’ll get back to you when we can. Thank
you. she was so polite polite like her mother the date and time was all him
interrupting his daughters
messagerude computer a blasé females
voice began she tried her best to
assume some kind of authority not so
much This is the IRS. A case has been filed under your
name. The moment you receive this message I want you to get back to me on my
department’s division number. That number is 815-239-6378, I repeat:
815-239-6378. Now if we do not hear from you we will have to get an arrest
warrant and get you arrested.
end of message
Ooooh Ooh Ooh he was terrified Get
you arrested he mocked the computer he appreciated their effort to
augment his mornings black coffee as
pitiful as it was but he figured they gotta try
it was akin to the FAKE PRESIDENT
accusing California officials of gross mismanagement of the forests for the
current rage of wildfires one which burned
Paradise to the ground all gone
as he explained it to others
At
first I wanted to dismiss his remarks as rhetoric figured it was his personality to rub salt into a wound But then I thought I really ought to pay
attention to what he was saying
they cringed
he kept a straight face
Yeah I thought I should really pay attention to
him I mean if were talking gross mismanagement the mans an expert at gross mismanagement The 200million dollar military troops are
still at the border doing nothingriight he hated that ending riight
he did set his hot coffee down
he got up off his ass and went
over to the answering machine and erased the message
he didnt want its electronic taint
fouling his machine
sitting down at his computer
again but before returning to his reading he had to concede it was their job to
try to fuck with him as it his job not
to fall for their horseshit
snake oil
salesmen were nothing new under the sun
but if they were drowning in a pool sshh he
wouldnt help them out
1017, Friday,
16 11. 18
794
days remaining or fewer
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