your heart is a wasp nest

or, committing to election care

Wasps built a nest near my trash cans. I watch their home progressing. I see what they gather and how they work. When my kids are lingering, I tell them to run inside with a bit more urgency. I am scared of these neighbors. They moved in 15 feet away from my front door. When people visit my house I let them know there’s a wasp next nearby. This morning,…