When you are asleep you
Have no control over your
Dreams or the results of them
They may drift from your
Awareness and then return
In a similar form. Nailing your
Eve’s trough back in place after
A tough winter, you see three
Or four yellowjackets coming
Out of their hibernation or quiet
Time. The tendency is to squash
Them before they sting you. In the
meantime, they begin copulating,
going at it for survival. It is a normal
spring activity and you cannot slow down
their activity and you keep dreaming
that they keep coming at you, while you
Call for the spray, which seems to work
The more you kill, the more that
Show up. This is to the point where
You need to call for help. On
Adjacent eves there are more than
You can handle so you decide to
Take down the trough and all the
Troughs around the house. You need
Netting and are receiving apologies from the
The men who were going to store the
Troughs over the winter. One was
Carrying a large jar of canned plums
Which we were going to buy since we
We’re now in a grocery store. He suggested
That we put it in the close-out bin to get a
Reduced price. I suggested we put their work
In the bin as it deserved close-out pricing. Next
I found myself in Fairbanks, Alaska, trying to
Get advice on how to solve my problem. A
Man named Dan asked if I had seen the paper
Which had the retirement notice of my sister
Who had worked in the hospital as a nurse for
58 years. I thought my sister had died, but Dan
Told me to tell my sister to call the number of
A man who had an interest in her. He fixed me up
With a special noise machine that would drive the
Yellow jackets away. I returned home and gave
My sister the paper and plugged in the machine.
The insects left, and we began the repairs. I woke
Up tired.
Stanski
May 3, 2023, ^
Steve Haarman 