Poem #22: "Ode to the unused hummingbird feeder"

Published on 14 September 2025 at 15:35

Inspired by indifference, cat behaviour, and the local birds.

I did all I could which was not much -

red paint, red dyed sugar water 

and almost believed - Of all I believed I could. 

Alas, you remain an indoor feeder.

 

It is blasphemous to admit I respect you-

this balance of life and ecological

death in your suspension, 

spring could wilt, tiny feathers

might splay starved on the windows,

And you would be stillness, meditative.

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