this morning #712.

this morning, it took less than a minute for the swarm to get warmed up. when she approached the dumpster with her ipods in her ears & her head in the clouds & a bag of slightly-ripe garbage in her hand, she simply wasn’t paying enough attention to know that they were there, buzzing around just behind the gate. they sent out a scout to greet her & before she’d even had a chance to say “holy bumbling bumblebees,” they’d entirely engulfed her. stings on top of stings. even if she had managed to get those words out, it wouldn’t have helped one bit. they were actually super-angry yellowjackets. also, insects don’t speak a lick of english.