{"id":723,"date":"2015-09-28T00:42:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T05:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=723"},"modified":"2015-09-28T00:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T05:42:55","slug":"tragedy-of-the-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2015\/09\/28\/tragedy-of-the-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy of the Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\">To taste honey is a treat unknown until the nectar hits home,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Oh, the sweet taste of paradise is there no wonder bees roam,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Oh, sweet bee, do the things you do to make more honey for me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Flap those tiny cellophane wings to prove flight happens if a bee,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> I need to know little bee who dresses a bee in those prison stripes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> When I see your outfit I&#8217;m not even a bee but I still yell yipes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Why not wear your stripes in a vertical plane for just a little bit of fun,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Mom and dad bee might confuse you for a mud dauber some,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> I just said little bit did you know there is a candy called little bit,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Yes there is, it&#8217;s called a little bit of honey, Mr. Bee, and it&#8217;s a hit,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> You sure look funny with that big belly hanging down as you fly,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> And why do you make such a nasty buzz when you go flying by?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Is that where a buzz cut comes from, is it the work of a mad bee,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Hey now, bee, don&#8217;t get mad at me, you may sting but I&#8217;ll kill thee,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Gang up on me with your killer friends and it&#8217;ll be a bunch of bee&#8217;s end,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Yes, it may be me but, Mr. Bee, I have seven dollars and 98 to spend,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> I have something to cross your eyes or should I say erase your &#8220;B?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Alice;\"> Ouch! 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