‘Eat’, ‘Prey’, ‘Love’?
Abuzz
With words
Hived in paper
Droning on
Syrupping my mouth
Stickying my hands
Honeycombing my hair
Killer bees
Word sting
Aswarm
With words
Ankle high
Word pile
Kick the anthill
Words skitter scatter
Up pants leg
Tiny electroshocks
Fire ants
Word bite
Acrawl
With words
Words fight back
Mean me no good
Retreat
Hiphopping
Blowing smoke
But no control
They live
Hive- and hill-minded
One over many
Hear them talking
Amongst themselves
Barely audible hubbub
Me against babel
Queen bee
Queen ant:
Wannabe, can’t
No control
Orders ignored
Declining to decline
Buggy grammarian’s funeral
The words sing together
Die from the head down
Feet up
My corpse
Word food