Faerie Dust
by Mairin Kareli

I initally titled this piece “Pollen Faerie” because pollen is a kind of magical “dust of nature” that creates fruits and seeds and vegetable abundance. This is what I think of when I think of pollen, and fat bumble bees in fragrant flowers on a summers day. However, many people I talked to associate pollen with itchy eyes, sneezing, and feeling miserable, so I decided to change the title to: Faerie Dust.