Sweet Nothings

I baked a hummingbird cake 

But you fluttered off too soon

Zipping out right at daybreak 

I baked a hummingbird cake 

Now I’m left with a heartache 

And neither a fork nor spoon 

I baked a hummingbird cake 

But you fluttered off too soon

~*~

Triolet quadrille (structured 44 words) written for today’s dVerse prompt of bird. Funny how I’m still occasionally inspired by the guy who ghosted me at Thanksgiving (in 2016).