Noon Meal
by Dr. Charles A. Stone


three hummingbirds
helicoptered around
the feeder

nervous...
there were doves
and squirrels
nearby

deciding
that retreat
was the better
part of valor
they disappeared

instead of warning
the doves
about the squirrels
or reminding
the squirrels
that they couldn’t fly






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