Light
plays
upon you
sip nectar
bird-fly
Mirror
in flight
Iridescent gold
Chalice of petals
shining critter
beat death
nectarine
liquor
shrine
Child licking
Sip Sip
hummingbird
Nobody
so fragile
Quicker than quick
heartbeats
Beak
in perfume
Flying
prism
light of the edge
I’m off to work
Gleam
and crumble
Humming
feather
Dream
whirring
don’t stop!
Vicuña, Cecilia. “Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water”. Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 1992. p.75,77. Translated by Eliot Weinberger and Suzanne Jill Levine