Two Unrelated Facts

1. Augustus was so eager to touch the pre-

served body of Alexander the Great that

he crushed the mummy's nose.

2. The language of bees is a kind of dance.

The language of bees is a dancing:

They die in six weeks, with no time off for good behavior.

My child is named Melissa: that means bee

In good gray Attic. Yes, she dances, too.

The language of Augustus was Latin; for example,

"Quintili Vare, legiones redde!"

Apis mellifera missed the show, was working.

Augustus beat his head against the wall.

My language is half English, half desire,

And as I am from a Northern tribe I speak the latter badly.

The language of my heart is once no, twice yes.

My daughter dances, but suspects the world.

What's wrong with her world? Well, we can say, for one thing,

There's too much Teutoberger Wald and not enough good honey.

Nature never hit anyone unless he hit her first.

Caesar Augustus, give me back my bees.