Karen Hildebrand
Bee Keeper
Let me come with you
to the honeycombed palace
where you live somewhere
in Saskatchewan. I want to soak
my feet in your pollen. Surround me
with drones to carry my pillow
and mute the wailing that
bleeds through the walls.
We are all immigrants
born to manual labor
misplaced in this world.
Give me something to do
with my hands, beyond their
surrender to a manicure.
Spare me your stories
of sting and run.
Karen Hildebrand’s recent poetry publications include, “Steve Bannon Visits the White House” (What Rough Beast, Indolent Books), “Benefits (in the voice of Kellyanne Conway)” (Maintenant 11, Three Rooms Press) and “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” (Portable Boog City Reader). “A History of Feminism,” forthcoming in great weather for MEDIA’s anthology, was a finalist for the 2017 Disquiet Literary Prize. In 2013, her work was adapted for the play, The Old In and Out, produced in NYC. She lives in Brooklyn and is chief content officer for Dance Magazine.
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