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G.F. Braun

The Bumblebee

The Bumblebee
 
A tubby, grumbling matron,
Concerned alone with duty,
Fusses among the roses,
Oblivious to beauty.

(1994)

Republished by permission from "Lyric," Vol. 74, No. 3

descriptive humorous quatrain

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