A beekeeper came to my school,
although I don't believe him.
Who would want to keep a bee?
Did he decide it on a whim?
He came to school in a funny suit.
His face was even covered.
Was he hiding from his bees
as he went undercover?
He said the bees made honey
and several other things.
As you go about your business,
be careful of their sting.
Bright orange lobsters pointed their claws at their brother
When someone asked who had cut the cheese
The audience began to have a bit of a laugh with their mother
For they were outing each other, with a bit of ease
Who cut the cheese? Asked the magistrate again.
They pointed at each other; the sorry chaps
They probably both did it, said their truthful cousin Win
He had spent some time in their house during naps
Collects honey upon a skyscraper roof top,
country field, or in a backyard box,
Buzzing in sun light, builds in a tree up high
fly through air, over streams into flower pots
most places one can look, Beekeeper's Be
collecting' honey all through history
Bee's be that, what bee's be,
lessons we learn from bees you see
hear my bee buzz, be here in this moment,
cause you may lose that nest, everything
so, lend your honey an ear one minute
she could get mad, then begin to sting
then be busy bees an build your nest,
no fussing while listening to your honey
this cool buzz is always best,
when your buzzing around money
This a grand bright partnership
As the waving clover grows
And my little friends all busy
Gathering swiftly, Heaven knows.
And I slowly pace the hives
Measured help all dressed in mesh
Knowing Beulah Land's rich treasure
Gleams within those combs so fresh.
What a peerless manufacture
What a mystic searching out
Workers buzz upon the airways
Mapped in magic by the Scout.
And I sense that God is smiling
As He sees me pace the field
With an eagerness to harvest
And to think on Mercy's yield.
https://issuu.com/dewane/docs/marrow_in_monastic_life
beekeeper collects
honey with protective gear
gets stung by wife's words
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