THE VISION
BY JAN VAN DER GREEF
THE NETHERLANDS
Perfectly balanced, its
wings vibrating, its tail
opening and closing, with
its tiny feet touching the
spike for just an instant,
an eastern mountaineer
hummingbird – a species
found only in Peru – siphons
nectar from the florets of a
red-hot-poker plant.
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