Hummingbird. Photo by Simmons Buntin.

From Terrain.org’s fourth issue:

Accidental Birds

by Cathy Mellett

Two hummingbirds
spring from the holly bush
outside my window.
First, one. The other follows
as if to make sure I’ve seen
what I’ve seen.
Why are they still here
in the thick of winter.
And how did I go from peeling apples
to putting this pie in the oven,
remembering so much of my life
but none of the steps between.

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Read this and another poem by Cathy Mellett at http://www.terrain.org/poetry/4/mellett.htm.