LPiA Nov17

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The Birds and the Bees

This is how it was explained to me:

Dad was barbequing burgers
one late-summer's eve.
Having just applied the cheese
he was in the process of closing
the lid with his left hand
and taking a slug of his beer can
with his right.

A yellow jacket, who'd stowed away
under the lid of the can
for a cheeky bit of sugar
stung Dad in the mouth.

The shock caused my father
to clench both fists and he fell
backward into the Koi pond
bringing the barbeque,
the beer,
the burgers
and the glowing charcoal briquettes
with him into the water.

It kept him from being burned
too badly, but one of the Koi
had been crushed and floated
to the surface of the pond

whereupon a crow, who'd
been watching the ordeal
from his fencepost perch
swept down, plucked up his prize
and disappeared into the summer.

Dad always insisted
they'd been working together.

Ha! Love it, the whole thing thank you