golden pollen grains
scattered on a tulip petal --
not by any bee
Freezing rain. Gray and gloomy. Home bound all day. The only spot of color, two tulips with petals like flames, blooming in a blue and white pot. A week ago, just two fat green buds. Today, their lovely goblet shapes are splayed and drooping. A few grains of golden pollen lie scattered on a petal's landing pad. The pollen-laden pistils drying up. The stamens, sticky but untouched by pollinators. The bees are also home bound, iced in, sipping last summer's honey, dreaming of nectar.
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