A Hummingbird
a hummingbird zoomed
two feet close,
thought a man a mirror,
but then saw he was too solid.
more trapped than alert.
the flawless emerald gorget sparkled,
while the man played the numb ogre,
construct of a steel-and-street,
lawn-and-order colony.
the resplendent bird birthed incarnations,
slices of natural magic tricks.
it cajoled the well-heeled fellow,
but he blinked just once,
in a failure of apprehension.
the brilliant wings, though, wouldn't stop.
they hovered, flashed, prompted, offered
a vanishing act of so many doors.
but the man, too slow,
despite heaven and hope,
too preoccupied with his sod,
entertained not even one.
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