I remember
I was
Perhaps 14.
A dusty pine forest outside Jerusalem.
I met a girl
With an allergy
To bees.
She said
If she was stung
It could kill her.
I was stunned
By the precarious nature of her existence.
Here one moment,
Gone the next;
And,
I used to love the bees;
Well – still do, in fact.
Like the Lorax.
Remember
Your EpiPen.
Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion) 
Beautiful bees , essential links in the chain of life for our species I think (apart from those with allergies). Beautiful illustrations – cute Lorax cartoon on Youtube. An early learning of life’s fragility and part of the foundation of a medical vocation?
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