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The Ballad of El Clot de la Mel (‘Honey Hollow’)<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n This afternoon, under the open sky -Lots of sugar, lemon verbena, Martina and Victoria -Years ago, the City Council That’s why we’re making honey -We hope to someday see
\nin front of Mir\u00f3 Peris
\npeople from both hemispheres
\nhave gathered to make honey.
\nRam\u00f3n, the pastry cook
\nhas travelled from La Palma
\nand tells us how it’s done
\nas he stirs his pots serenely:<\/p>\n
\nand glucose simmered slowly.
\nIf you follow the instructions
\nit can’t possibly go wrong.<\/p>\n
\nfrom the Fundaci\u00f3 Mir\u00f3
\ntry, among the din
\nto tell us even more:<\/p>\n
\nbanned these little creatures
\nfrom living here among us
\nso they wouldn’t be a bother.
\nThey claim these hymenoptera
\nare harmful, mean and vile,
\nmore annoying than the helicopter
\nof the Guardia Civil.<\/p>\n
\nwith all the Barcelonans
\nbecause we think it’s very cruel
\nthat they can’t keep any hives.
\nNow Alfonso, the artist
\nwho has set up this affair
\n(although he’s pro-European
\nand living in London now)
\nsays the stuff here in this cup
\nthat the neighbours have cooked up
\nis a sweet syrup of sorts
\nand not real honey at all.<\/p>\n
\nthe bees buzzing around
\ndown the streets and avenues
\nor in the middle of the Gran Via.
\nAnd if whoever is in office then
\nis bent on banning bees
\nwe won’t have wax from honeycombs;
\nwe’ll only have it in our ears.<\/p>\n