Wicked Hummingbird

A wicked hummingbird plucks
~ star's sparkle from the sky  ~

The prowler tucks
it within
his pocket
beneath camouflaged
lichen-hopes
and hidden
aspirations

Child steals
a flashing glance
tracking unsuspecting
father's wandering eyes
as they're coveting
a strange woman

Like the hovering Selasphorus
the amateur begins to learn sport
of extracting
squirming flies
from distracted
spider's web

As evening unfolds her arms
families plug-in
and disconnect

The hummingbird
takes refuge
sleeping snug inside
a green-moss safety nest

While child
remains transfixed
by dark thoughts
and odd events
with his misguided
patriarch

A burning longing
churns within
prompting newfound cravings
of securing better tasting prey
for a healthy
growing boy

His wanton hunger only
festers and toys with him


Child seeks relief
and burrows deep
inside his bed
forcing his wide-awake eyes
closed but those
flitting images
are burned inside
his lids

Envenomation
of fledgling's mind
by wicked father hummingbird