Also named the hummingbird vine
the hummingbirds adore this bud
it is a perennial beauty
a star shaped flower so divine;
with varied shades it loves to flood
the garden, she is so lovely
that the bearded thornbills pine
for her sweet nectar summer sud
and love, she is a sight to see
This flower blossoms with ol' shine
inviting him for gentle scud
across the gentle folds with glee;
She consigns her candied nectar,
to a hummingbird injector.
June 14, 2023
Sponsor Joseph May
Contest Name Trilonnet Chose Image # 3
Not showing up in blood work on me,
it freely reigns tyrannically.
Which cells is it in? Is it inside my brain?
It avoids detection again and again!
It was visible once, when shot in my arm.
The injector said it would “do no harm.”
What’s it turned into? Why has it not gone?
Results that it gives me just keeping going on.
I fight and I fight this invisible thing
so my OWN body again will be king.
July 16, 2019 for Nina Parmenter's Miniverse Poetry Contest
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Being kept penniless was way too much!
Gonna fix my ex's car...
hell, he couldn't do it!
Couldn't find rusted parts...
needle-nose pliers, Phillips,
ratchet, spit, gum...jack.
Hmmmm...reroute spark plugs
thru the injector...
ignition nutrition...ho hum.
Throw out carbuerator...
manifold's too round...
computer don't need this
many circuits...
turning signals' gotta go...
new fuses color the ground blissfully!
Don't you agree, now that you see,
he did the same to me, to me...
I kind of didn't like it.
Oh, and chewing gum shoved
deep inside
that key thingy place...
no spiteful binge!
Just angelic revenge...
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