Busy bees

September 18, 2023
'Who would have thought?' said the first honeybee.
'It's the trickiest cross-pollination in the history of the hive!' said the second honeybee.
'Without a doubt!' said the first honeybee.
'Absolutely!' said the second honeybee.
'Truly!' said the third honeybee.
'Yes!' said the fourth honeybee.

(Pause.)

'But it would never have happened...' said the first honeybee, 
'COULD never have happened...' said the second honeybee,
'if the owls hadn't commissioned...' said the third honeybee,
'an elite pollination squad...' said the first honeybee,
'for the most sophisticated bee-work...' said the second honeybee, 
'in all bee-creation!' said the third honeybee. 

(Pause.)

'Now-flowers!' said the first honeybee.
'For making Now-honey!' said the second honeybee.
'Taste it, and you'll put the past aside!' said the third honeybee.
'Taste it and you'll toss tomorrow...' said the fourth honeybee,
'into the not-happened-yet basket!' said the fifth honeybee.
'Where it belongs!' said the dishevelled little owl.