Hatch | Marnie Ritchie

Marnie Ritchie is a writer and Assistant Professor of rhetoric. She holds an MA from Syracuse University and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in Communication. Her poetry has been published in FIVE:2:ONE's #thesideshow, Juked Magazine, Yes Poetry, Burning House Press, Moon City Review, and Moist Poetry. She lives in Tacoma, WA with her cat Lenu. You can find her at mmritchie.com and on Twitter @marnieritchie.   A bee routes its horny flightand I am envious—I can see it doing itspre-flight ritual,in front of meright here on the tableno doubt it sensesthe close encountersto come, soft on soft,fuzz on fuzz, mmm,and there it goes—honey,I have started turningfor three minutesin the showerbefore I come overI pray you will attendto my bodylike nature over-stuffsbee-haunches with pollenand we will find the limitsto what it can carry