6.

that a bee uses twenty-two muscles to sting you

I didn’t learn this from research

or a bee

but from a forward

forwarded forward

Cupertino seems swell

weather’s nice I kiss his third

eye it’s cool

I’ve an inability to be objective

I’m a cyborg

I’m not a cyborg

I’m a good receptacle for the DNA of Michael Phelps

I’m a hothouse burning up btwxt

at night I’m a flower

open

meatflower

I’m a carnivore

c’mere bugs

Ellen Welcker has a chapbook forthcoming from SHOTGUN WEDDING entitled Mouth That Tastes of Gasoline, and forthcoming or recent work in Similar:Peaks::, JERRY, H_NGM_N, Everyday Genius, Phantom Limb, InDigest, and Leveler Poetry Journal. Her chapbook, The Urban Lightwing Professionals, was published by H_NGM_N in 2011, and her first book, The Botanical Garden, was published by astrophil press in 2010. She lives in Spokane, WA, and curates the SpoPo Reading Series.