Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Hummingbird

The bird had been stuck between two panes of the window, a tiny iridescent green hummingbird, no more than two inches long.
I gently picked it up and placed it in the shady part of the planter on the terrace.
It was still alive and breathing and now all there was to do was wait and check.
After a while the breathing was calmer and then came the joyous time
when checking
the bird was gone.
A tiny flash of green living one more day.

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