Poems by Michael Montlack
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Bees
by Michael Montlack
From Canary Fall 2019
Michael lives on a street with twin parks split by an avenue on an island that is bounded by the Hudson River to the west and the East River to the east.
After the expulsion
the planet will listen
through its wounds
for our music, seeking
to mine honey from
the amber flesh of peaches
or mangoes, harvesting
only an oozing grief,
the hive gone relic,
a waxen geometric skeleton,
its marrow a memory,
museumgoers lining up
to pay for a taste.
© Michael Montlack