beekeeping on the moon

sanjana ramanathan

*Author’s note: written in clogyrnach format

It’s hard to think when you’re alone
save for the humming, constant drone
of your little swarm,
exiled to conform
to the norm of unknown.

Minds become hivelike after years
of thin air, buzzing in your ears.
What are honeycombs
but craters? Boxed homes,
catacombs leaving smears.

Sanjana Ramanathan is an English student at Drexel University. She enjoys playing video games, cracking open a new book, and daydreaming. Her work has been published in The Front Porch Review, Horse Egg Literary, and elsewhere. You can find her on Twitter @sanjubilees.

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