18 DANNIELLE ALBERT BumblebeePhysics Sipping root beer On a bench by the fountain Of a bronze woman drawing water with a scallop shell My attention turned to a bumblebee Preening rose petal wings Brick body sputtering Determined to take flight I took a stick and helped it off its back It would not give up What does a bumblebee know of aerodynamics? Then I noticed its crumpled wing Threadbare as the statue's dinging wet dress
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