Found in the Cell of the Condemned Prisoner - SCP Foundation

Young ladies wore gowns and flowers in bloom

Young gentlemen preened and wandered the room

Anxiously waiting for her to arrive

With the crowd we thought we’d never be missed

Two fools engaging in a lovers’ tryst

Risking the wrath of the Queen of the Hive

One suitor above all she wished to claim

Blessed with fortune and charm and ancient name

For his hand and his heart did she connive

But he was immune to all of her charms

And sought his refuge in my loving arms

The poor cousin of the Queen of the Hive

Under the apple tree we met in hope

Determining there that we would elope

This did her sudden appearance deprive

Caught in the garden on that fateful eve

By she who we had hoped most to deceive

We stood shamed before the Queen of the Hive

Then she produced under teasing banter

Crystal wineglasses with matched decanter

Refreshment to make our spirits revive

Handing us glasses carved with bloom and bee

She bade us both drink and complying we

Fell to the spell of the Queen of the Hive

She was determined to punish and shame

For him to die and to me go the blame

Against her dark magic we could not strive

With a smile of ice she bade him stand still

Then turned to me and commanded I kill

With grief we obeyed the Queen of the Hive

He stood like a statue and did not flinch

As I smashed my wineglass against the bench

From our struggles a thrill did she derive

As I embedded a shard in his chest

And a crimson bloom appeared on his breast

In mock alarm cried the Queen of the Hive

As her crocodile tears began to roll

I saw that my glass on the ground was whole

For a breath I thought he might be alive

A drugged wine’s visions and not a spell cast

Then I saw his corpse as they seized me fast

So thus was revenged the Queen of the Hive

One thought has sustained me through all my trials

Through her accusations and secret smiles

When it was decreed I should not survive

She destroyed our lives but never our love

I know we will join in heaven above

While here alone dwells the Queen of the Hive

Email exchange between Dr. Kate Greenaway, Lead Researcher SCP-3876 and Archivist Erina Carson, January 20, 2017:

Dr. Greenaway,

The attached poem, written on the back of an envelope, was attached in SCP-3876-2 along with a series of newspaper clippings detailing the arrest, trial, and conviction of one Maria Duchamp. On succeeding pages were a sketch of a decanter with a set of wineglasses and a description of certain mind-affecting properties: when an individual pours an alcoholic beverage from the decanter into one of the wineglasses, other individuals who consume the beverage from one of those glasses will obey any spoken command of the first individual.

We did some investigating in the database, and found the following:

Anomalous Item: Crystal decanter with four matching wineglasses

Location: Site-81 Anomalous Item/Safe Object Long Term Storage

Description: Ornate crystal decanter and wineglasses carved with an intaglio of a bee on a flower. Glasses and decanter will spontaneously reassemble/reform upon damage.

In light of the information in 3876-2, further testing of this item might be in order.

Erina Carson, Site-81 Archives

Agreed. I’ll contact the Director and see if we can get that item back to the Classification Department.

-Dr. Kate Greenaway