Gogyohka 7.30.09

I like to watch the bees
dip into the chocolate middle
of a sunflower
Their furred bustle matches
the yellow petals in the wind

With all the disease
science tells us
every US honeybee
will be dead
by 2035

The apples have started
to show pink on the branches
Their blushing says more of summer
has passed
than awaits