hummingbird

for lisa weatherbee cordero in memory of margery

hummingbird your body was a blur of sparkles pink and purple a little girl in a powder blue tutu & ballet slippers
had nothing on you buzzing round my head making a beeline for the feeder we filled with red sugar water if you know me little birds you know that thirst for the word for assurance for a bulb to break the earth with its green fist & unfurl.....