Just off the lanai
a hummingbird dazzles
over the stamen
of a gardenia bloom
An alert myna from nowhere
plucks it midair
with a moist “schlupp!”
into the untouched breeze,
sweeps smartly down
the slope to an opening
in rolling green groundcover
dropping the catch
to a bare spot
between three of its kind
who hop closer, twitch
their heads and beaks,
peck at it together
Watching this
from my lawn chair
I had a question and can’t seem
to bring it back
The suddenness, the sound of it
maybe