The Late Bird

Pecking
regardless, he
seeks what can't
await. He checks
his hardest. The
order of patience
he demonstrates
is unique. Is
it outrageous
to hope the first
was careless?
Is it ungracious
to guess she kept
head only
and the rest
squirms on
unknowing, when
this requires
showing? What's
as yet unseen
is left alone
extremely rarely
by those who need
it dearly. They
ever search
beneath, beyond
their reach, where
their worm
does not die, not
surely. They're
caught short
early.