On devotion

And a face full of bees

What would you do for love?

How do you show your devotion?

I know someone with an ex. This is not surprising. Most people are an ex to someone somewhere sometime. Ex student. Ex employee Ex lover. Ex pert. Ex ample.

All of these could also be called ‘former’ excepting the pert and the ample.

Sometimes, ‘ex’ is not a definitive, final state. Some people when they go in this ‘ex’ state, it is a temporary affair. When this happens the living together stops but the fighting for the relationship continues, albeit at a more safe distance.

I know a person in such a predicament. He frequently is helping out his ex. Recently, one of her colonies of bees boosted from the hive. The queen took off and the rest followed.

They were swarming around a tree branch when they were discovered missing. My buddy, let’s call him Bill, was called upon to deal with this swarm of angry bees and get the queen back into the hive.

Easy enough right? What could possibly go wrong?

Well, Bill, decided to climb a ladder …