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lyrics

hmmm
hm hm hmmm
hm hm hummingbird

hmmm
hm hm hmmm
hummingbird

a stray projectile
cuts you off in the rain
fly away just in time
to get caught in the eye
of a slowly-forming hurricane

the storm tracks northward
up the coast towards home
you're at rest in the center
the currents are warm
and you call me on the telephone

and you say:
"hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm
I'm still hummingbird

hmmm
hm that's all
hummingbird"

then the storm makes landfall

your wings move so fast
under the streaming light
the air swallows up
every word
that we'll ever speak
but the air also holds you high

our seawall fell down
the ocean broke through
we're nothing like you
hummingbird

credits

from The Lakes of Zones B and C, released April 10, 2022

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