The Queen Bee<\/p>\n
I remember a story once told to me.
\nAbout a woman who was a queen bee.
\nDo you have any idea what that is?
\nNeither did I, till it came to this:
\nA queen bee ran the roost, you see.
\nShe wouldn\u2019t listen to anyone like me.
\nTo her, I was just a worker bee.
\nDoing her bidding, as she may see.
\nI didn\u2019t dare give her any lip.
\nIf I did, I would be in deep s\u2014t.
\nIt was known, she had a deadly stinger.
\nShe would use it with a point of her finger.
\nNow, you would think a bee would produce honey.
\nIn her case, she was only interested in money.
\nThe more I made, the happier she was.
\nShe would deck herself out in anything but love.
\nI wanted out of this crazy overbearing hive.
\nToo escape, I would have to die.
\nI faked my death just to get away.
\nI always fear she will find me someday.
\nI\u2019m sure she cashed in on the life insurance.
\nJust a way to increase her endurance.
\nShe needs another worker bee for her hive.
\nAre there any volunteers that are alive?
\nShe will take you under her wing.
\nMisbehave & she\u2019ll give you a hell of a sting.
\nWell, that\u2019s the story, as told to me.
\nThe guy that told it was the worker bee.
\nHe only told the story under hypnosis.
\nWhen awake, he only says \u201cHow goes it?\u201d
\nName withheld for patient confidentiality.
\nWould you want to be known in reality?
\nToday\u2019s lesson, from what I can see.
\nDon\u2019t get trapped by a queen bee.<\/p>\n
—————————————–R.W. Johnson—–(2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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