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SWARM

  • Writer: Emma Minji Chun
    Emma Minji Chun
  • Oct 27, 2022
  • 1 min read

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Ripe as the day is long

Its flesh softens to touch

Malleable like wet clay

Or a body of water


The core exposed

But the bees can't help but feast

A colony of stingers

Puncture soft flesh


Ripping grainy fruit

Away from the body


Swarm after swarm they come

Festered around the wound

Multiplying

Draining the pear of its juice



Inspired by Joseph Decker’s painting Ripening Pears





 
 
 

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