John Bryan

HORNET

still,
i will
give you no
warning even though my
colors are kamikaze and samurai.

i
could decapitate
thirty... of you...
in a minute thirty
thousand yous in three hours

a
swarm of
me makes your
Dresdens but a blot
on war's map rendered pointless

buzzing
codes feel
you out buzz
buzz on my daily
reconnaissance buzz buzz buzz

are
not the
same as me
not enough to be
like me : you are enemy

be
thankful that
nature gave me
vastness instead of size

Date of Birth:	May 12, 1971
Location:	Canberra, Australia
Email:	jbryan@vtown.com.au
Publications:	Unlikely Stories, Makata, 3AM Magazine, Sendecki, Thunder Sandwich, Lummox Journal, Gnome, Atomic Petals, etc.

- August 2002 - hornet Body Parts for Art Naming Trees Divinity is for angels Hogs Loosed En Route to Slaughter The Masturbating Baboon at the Brookfield Zoo Marina Tsvetaeva First Time Crow and Raven Rembrandt while Saskia Watched Instead of the Usual - Stirring's Steamiest Six - The Word Witness It Wasn't Until Later It Not Love Amoroso