Who People Are

Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting.

The choir’s chats about dinner far more readily than they sing

My mothers offers her hands to hug far more readily than to slap

Peasants offer bread far more readily than the king

Royalty offers forgiveness far more readily than the sling

The point is we sing

Far more readily than we scream

Who people are is not what they seem

We are kind and loving and offer ourselves readily

With honey and talk and bread and things

Like bees offer honey

Far more than they sting