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The Trouble with Planning
Shira Rubenstein

Every so often honey starts
to bleed from my mother’s nostrils
and she has to open her mouth
wide to let the bees out.
 
We know it hurts her
to keep her jaw tensed
but she never complains so nor
do we when the bees sting us,
although sometimes we cannot
help but cry. Then she cries.
Still, to avoid agitating the bees,
she doesn’t move to wipe the tears.
When it’s over she lets us
clean her face with our hands
and lick honey from our fingers.


Shira Rubenstein is a native of upstate New York. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from Brandeis University. She has taught and performed poetry in the Boston area, and has been spied at various sites working as a baker and a preschool teacher. She believes shoveling snow builds character, and enjoys rewriting the lyrics of pop songs. Her poetry and translations can be read online in the Brandeis Institutional Repository.

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