SWORD FIGHT

SWORD FIGHT -
BETWEEN HUMMING MITES
DIVING ABOVE MY FEEDER.

SAD PLIGHT -
PERCHED, I SIGHT
A FEMALE DISTRESSED.

RUBY THROATS -
CLASH AND SWOOP
NECTAR BECKONS

GIRLS TOO INFLICT WITES,
HEAD SWORDS THRUST,
NO SHARING RECKONS.

WILL HE WHO MINDS
THE SPARROW, MIND
A LAPSE SIZED BY A THIRD?

BEAUTY ON THE WING
MY PRIVILEGED SIGHT.
AND DEATH AT FIRST LIGHT?
NAY, RECOVERY AT THE PERCH.