BRING BACK THE HUMMINGBIRDS

I sat on
   my back patio

with the February Sun
   barely peeking
       at me

through the tops
   of my neighbor's
       pine trees

low down on 
   the southern
        horizon

it was a cold winter
   day even with me
       in my down coat

thinking myself a poet
   and one attuned
       to nature

I said to the Sun
   hurry on back
       north

and bring the
   hummingbirds
       with you.

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BY MIL
02/04/14