THE HEAVYWEIGHT AND THE FEATHERWEIGHT

THE HEAVYWEIGHT AND THE FEATHERWEIGHT Poem written for Ridiculous Comparisons Poetry Contest, Miranda Hawley, sponsor, July 23, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There’s the elephant, a lumbering titan, a true heavy weight with a heart that beats like thunder, each footfall a seismic event, a gentle giant, who with the grace of a ballet dancer could crush a car if ballet were performed in slow motion and involved a lot of mud. Then there’s the hummingbird—a blur of iridescence, a caffeine- sugar- fueled acrobat, a featherweight warrior who sips nectar like a drunken poet, lost in a world of fleeting moments. It’s a tiny, feathered daredevil, with the attention span of a gnat.