FIVE WAYS OF LOOKING AT A CALLIOPE HUMMING BIRD Delaney Seven Oaks Elementary They’re as tiny as a sneaky mouse Searching through the ridge Stealing your cheddar cheese They’re as lashy as a butterly Fluttering in the air I see them dropping through a church At their best riend’s funeral On January second 1970. I taste them popping in my mouth Like pop rocks having a party I see them zipping around like the police hunting their prey
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