Hummingbird

…………….“…I am scorched
…………….to realize once again
…………….how many small, available things
…………….are in this world

…………….that aren’t
…………….pieces of gold
…………….or power—
…………….that nobody owns

…………….or could buy even
…………….for a hillside of money—
…………….that just float
…………….in the world…”

………—from the poem “Summer Story” by Mary Oliver,
………which is about a hummingbird and the human heart