THE GIRL WITH THE BUMBLEBEE TATTOO DeAnna Board Grade 12, Boise In the middle of a large sunflower field, on the outskirts of an old remote town, sat a wispy girl with a bumblebee tattoo etched onto her skin. It floated on her arm, quite lifelike, and drew in all the other bees. They were her favorites, and she wanted to be their queen. She made a crown of flowers and commanded her kingdom. It was just another day, bright and blindingly sunny, as she twirled and danced underneath an old tree, home to the enormous hive she called home. The buzzing was overwhelming, almost lyrical. The girl danced to its slight beat, which sang to the beat of her heart. The two were now one, intertwined. The beating was so loud that she didn’t hear the footsteps, nor did she notice the smoke collecting around her. She was so inside herself that she didn’t even see her buzzing friends fall silently to the ground. Even as she slowly suffocated she thought she was still dancing, trapped in a lovely dream of honey and flowers. The beekeepers weren’t fired, they just continued their lives chasing around more escaped lunatics, putting them out of their misery, just like the girl with the bumblebee tattoo.
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