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beekeeper

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beekeeper

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bees smoke-drowsy rag smoulders swung slowly protected thick

in net and cotton wicking folds into beeswax candle flame

pours golden through panes in the honeycomb

streamers sweet circles sink into bread

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hollows

yeast-filled

and honey

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bee sting

unexpected

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beekeeper

never flinches

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flicks the bee

from his fingers

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spit and mud

for a poultice

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Published as: ‘beekeeper’, Canadian Stories 17 (95), February/March 2014

Copyright 2014 Jane Tims

Written by jane tims

March 19, 2014 at 7:03 am

Posted in family history, growing and gathering

Tagged with beekeeper, beekeeping, old fashioned food, poetry

apple pie, no apples

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apple pie, no apples

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fooled a lot of people –

aunts with PhDs

friends from school

my father

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now I lift the crust

from every slice of apple pie

look for evidence –

pin-holes, punched by a machine

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the recipe, simple as substitution

pie crust

sugar

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a shot of lemon, flour to thicken

cream of tartar (to fool taste buds)

a generous dusting

of cinnamon

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and

a stack of soda crackers

snapped in two (hand-broken facsimile

of apple)

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no one ever seemed to notice

the pin-holes, punched by a machine

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Published as ‘apple pie, no apples’, Canadian Stories 17 (95), February/March 2014

For a recipe for Mock Apple Pie, see https://nichepoetryandprose.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/growing-and-gathering-learning/

Copyright 2014 Jane Tims

Written by jane tims

March 5, 2014 at 6:47 am

Posted in family history, growing and gathering

Tagged with apple pie, Mock Apple Pie, old fashioned food, poetry