Pass Out

Don’t be too surprised
By the cultural
Traditions the bees
Seem to improvise.

Yes, bees’ brains are small,
But you’re mistaken
If you think culture
Needs much brain at all.

Learn a bit, transmit,
Learn more’s the secret.
Culture’s parallel
Processing, that’s it.

If anything, brains
On culture are freed
To shrink to the rules
Of the culture game.

Shared mind’s an abyss.
Abysses aren’t held;
They hold. That’s alright.
You’re not storing this.