In insolation
I learned that you cannot
make a bird come say hello at your window.
You must put your ears
against the glass
— like so.
Sometimes
I wake up in the middle
of the night
just to think about
things
— like how sometimes
I wake up in the middle
of the night
just to think about
things.
The last time I cried
in front of a boy
misunderstood
as a man
he suddenly knew how to fly.
Hummingbirds
don't land
next to my apartment.
Actually,
hummingbirds never land.
I heard they spend almost all their time in the air.
Legs
so small and weak
that they almost cannot
walk — at all.
I live with an owl now.
Sometimes
he wakes up
in the middle
of my night.
Kissing my ears
— like so.