1.
Underneath the day’s la-la, a hummingbird.
Hey, hummingbird—
2.
One of my most accurate teachers has been
the scientific method: beloved validation.
3.
So do I count this poem among my greatest feats?
Too soon to say, but I am proudly efficient.
4.
Inside the recognition: a cog, a breakthrough,
the hoped-for sweetness.
5.
Something flashes blue-green at the corner
of my love. Something dips.
6.
“This is not a standardized test
but a checklist for self-evaluation.”
7.
If I improve upon it, do I get more money?
If I stand still, will you stroke my hair?
8.
How I felt about it was how it happened.
“You’re special” was the day’s theme.
9.
Between standard deviation and birdsong…
a vista I could get behind.
