Hummingbirds

ds 

Hovering near my red geraniums

The ruby-throated with its dizzy wings

Seeks pollen for any meager income

That can be harvested.  Now the air sings

With many voices.  Then some eccentric

Parks by the curb and gets out of his truck.

He sees my birdfeeders.  I said “A duck,

A green mallard waddled over to pick

Up bird seed like other ground feeders.

First time ever.”  “No way.”  “A first for me.”

“Say, do you get a lot of hummingbirds?”

“No. One or two.”  “Me, I get too many.”

“Really?”  “Once I counted to some fifty.”

“In a summer?  How do you manage that?”

“It’s the flowers.  And also the nectar.”

“Do you live nearby?”  “I wouldn’t say far…

‘Gotta go.  Good luck with your ducks.”  Our chat

Was pretty short and I went in after.

I have no luck with nectar, wasps like it

Too much and I’m just too afraid of them.

I think it’s the nectar.  I have roses

And perennials. I need annuals.

 sd