hive wisdom

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hive wisdom

consider nuance, 
each bee
with a role in their tight-
knit community
worker bees forage,
build, care for the brood
drones mate and die 
for their queen
even an undertaker 
removes their dead— 
every bee makes
the whole
with brains as small
as sesame seeds
1/500,000 of ours

maybe our brains
are too big
to cooperate