A blue eyed girl hides
behind a broken concrete wall
rebar bristling like pitchforks
she hears the sounds of sirens
in the distance
and growls and whistles high above
she waits, listens, waits
she takes a sip of water
from her precious canteen
she wants to run but cannot
a fluorescent hummingbird
hovers in the sunlight
beyond the broken concrete
she turns and sees the hummingbird
and the sunlight
he looks at her
she looks at him
then she cups her hands over her ears
to dampen the sounds that attack