Paul Kacer
Like a hummingbird
I’d like to be free.
We face each other
While he levitates
Right in front of me
Then he sets sail
Around my yard
In spurts and
Bursts of speed
Unlike the doves
Who travel in pairs
Or the quails who
Don’t go anywhere
Unless their family
Is in tow like the decals
Of families on the rear
Window’s of SUVs
So, who decides
The Hummingbird
Can be so free
We will never know
But I’m old now
And would rather be
A hummingbird than me