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Bees & Stars



after the Hindu


MOON-MADHUKARA

honey-giver





after the Bushmen of the Kalahari


HONEY

moon-water





after Plutarch


HONEY

star-spittle





after the Ancient Greek


GOLDEN SHOWER

manna





bee king


Z
e s s E n o s
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Saliva siderum

after Pliny the Elder



aethereal fare

engendered

in the air


at star rise

especially when

Sirius shines


honey falls

from the skies

as star spittle


& dews

the leaves

of dawn





Bodog F. Beck, Honey and Health
Jane Ellen Harrison, A Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion









           













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