Hummingbird by Robert Gibb
1.
Shunt and plumb bob, a whirring top
That keeps touching down on its pivot.Wings, the book says, like blurry gauze.
The long thin nectar-threading bill
Of a bird that backs off only to start again
From its still point in midair.
The revved-up, head-first metabolism.
The stone at the throat like a heart.
2.
High in the Altiplano
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