The Ballad of a Bee's Demise

Collaboration poem with FoolsGold23, me as the fellow, her as the bee

 

 

Oh glass of sweet lemonade, 
Waiting for me so patiently, 
I'll enjoy you soon enough, 
Once this patio is swept clean. 
The perfect reward for me 
For a good day of solid toil. 

Bumbly tumbly comes the bee, 
Oh LOOKS! a cup of something sweets? 
See! tis a glass of sugared wetness! 
And all alone, someone's left it! 
Happily I'll take a sip, but look! 
tis guarded by an unseemly crook! 

Gasp! An enemy approaches me! 
One of you unsightly wretches again? 
Come to attack unprovoked once more? 
Begone from my prize, have at ye! 
This flyswatter will do the trick, 
I'll rid the world of one more bee. 

ABUZZ!! I come, defend ye drink! 
My taste is for thy frigid sweets! 
Prep your swatter, Stingers UP! 
We'll see who triumphs for this lovely cup! 
Don't care if you've done nothing wrong, 
that Lemony goodness is mine, begone! 

Take that, and that, you vile thing. 
I'll show you what for, come hither 
And I'll give you a good wallop 'twixt the wings! 
A fight to the death for my lemonade, 
I'l toast to your minute corpse 
Hidden somewhere on my lawn. 

I take, I take, and still no shot lands 
ye bungler with swatter, use your hands! 
I dodge, I weave, oh so seamlessly, 
your growls are comical, Can't you best a Bee? 
SWOOP in, dodge out, watch you duck and swipe, 
your drink shall you soon surrender, And I'll run you inside! 

Why fly you so high, afraid of my wrath? 
Come closer, come lower, I'll give you fear. 
I'll send you a-spinnin' through the air, 
Unsure of up, down, and where my drink lies. 
Hold fast for a second infernal insect, 
It won't be too painful... I think. 

I tire of this, you're losing ground, 
this realm of air is my own battle ground. 
you puny swatter upon the land, 
y'wish a shot of yours would land, 
tsk tsk I end this this now, 
Where to sting you is the choice now. 

Time to take a leap and try 
To invade your airy realm to strike. 
Brace yourself opponent o' mine, 
For here comes my swatter to you, 
This ends this moment with this swing, 
Aha! Connection! Going, going, gone! 

OH, curses!! A broken thorax, I die! 
This sailing descent is my final flight, 
Not one chance of ressurrections, 
And as I see you dance in jubilation, 
I curse you, long legs, and your sweet sips too! 
I do so hope you chokes on an ice cube!! 

Oh happy day, the battle is mine! 
I celebrate now with my wonderful drink.

 

Author's Note

A fun one to write, I hope you all like it as much as we enjoyed writing it :D

Reviews

[Astrid Hamilton]

This piece is a spectrum of pentameter in poet's rhyme like days of yore,
when David took the pen for The Psalms- with a touch of laughter like
emitted from Children's riddles, insects' giggles, lovely lemonade,
and of course, who could not appreciate such a wonderful thing as a bee,
queen Apidae of flowers and trees.

[Kira]

Haha, I laughed! Both the perspectives made for a great read. I loved the way they talked; all the ye's and thy's.

:)

[Account Closed]

Awesome collaboration! Very fun read =]

[NightsShade]

What a wonderful little poem!! It made me laugh the whole way through. You both did a great job.
It was very lighthearted and uplifting oven though the bee died in the end.

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

A great collaboration. Congratulations on your second place win.

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Congratulations for winning the He-Said-She-Said contest!

Sal

[Fran Marie]

Take that, and that, you vile thing.
I'll show you what for, come hither
And I'll give you a good wallop 'twixt the wings!
A fight to the death for my lemonade,

I like the shakespearian touch in rhyme here
follows thru! this entire piece quite nicely~ It's a Witty,funny and Creative Write!

A nicely DonE! Collabrated piece you two~ A very enjoyable read to be sure!

THanks for sharing in the He Said/She Said Contest!

Fran Marie

[~amanda~]

its like Shakespeare meets Dr. Seuss! i loved reading this! it was so whimsical and fun, like reading a children's book but for grown ups! very very entertaining... great job!

[Ice Queen of the Vampir..]

This is a neat and cute little poem. Made me chuckle as I read. You both did a fantastic job and I really enjoyed reading this fun piece. Great work!!!

Heather

[Rain]

LOL. This is a fun lighthearted piece. You both worked good together. Rain..

[Jessica M.]

very creative :]
i love the form.