Hummingbird

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I want to live as the Hummingbird flies:
high above the grainy Earth and
Salted Seas, resting upon the tiniest
branch of the tallest pine searching
for abundant nectar—
flitting across barriers; a wing
speed so fast only the honeybees
know what she's after.

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