Thursday, July 7, 2022

Man vs. the Awful Majesty of the Hummingbird

 

Lawrence Hall

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Man vs. the Awful Majesty of the Hummingbird

 

In the sun-soured heat of dusk I stood

Harvesting a few midsummer sunflower seeds

Tough prairie stock that the First Nations knew

A little sack of them to share with others

 

Under the half-moon a god appeared

A green-necked hummingbird of august mien

A tiny little god, but a god indeed

For it judged me a trespasser, and glared at me

 

And I withdrew respectfully

 

I wished I had a picture of the moment

But the moment was, and the moment is

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