he put on the beekeeper’s suit<\/p>\n
pulled the netting over his face<\/p>\n
and headed out to the back of the garden<\/p>\n
gathering\u00a0caps in his non-descript pail<\/p>\n
and bringing them inside<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
in the kitchen he setup the caps<\/p>\n
to drain of their sweet nectar on the counter<\/p>\n
capturing the golden flow<\/p>\n
emptying what he wanted most<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
eventually, the caps emptied<\/p>\n
he washed them<\/p>\n
and washed them again<\/p>\n
then placed them on the stove in a pot and melted them<\/p>\n
straining the melted wax through the cheesecloth he kept in the pantry<\/p>\n
being careful not to burn himself<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
wax, pliable imagination<\/p>\n
wet and wondering<\/p>\n
he poured into the old canning jars<\/p>\n
after tacking a wick inside on the bottom<\/p>\n
and stretching the wick over a pencil laying across the open top<\/p>\n
like a serpent jumping out of the warm wax bath he had made<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
after the wax dried<\/p>\n
he removed the pencil<\/p>\n
and lit wick<\/p>\n
you think he has created a candle<\/p>\n
or light<\/p>\n
but not exactly<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the light brushes up against the darkness<\/p>\n
making the darkness visible<\/p>\n
finally<\/p>\n
giving the darkness meaning<\/p>\n
darkness, a womb for light<\/p>\n
darkness, waiting for light<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
before darkness there was darkness<\/p>\n
waiting for its name<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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