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What Must the Hummingbird See?

from My Skin Craves Soil by Garretson & Gorodetsky

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When a Hummingbird looks in our kitchen window

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Part one:

I WAS LOOKING DOWN
AND I SENSED YOU
IN THE PERIPHERY
AND I DARED TO LOOK UP
AND I SAW YOU
SHIMMERING

WINGS MOVE IMPOSSIBLY FAST
BEAK LONG THIN & MOTIONLESS
BODY GREEN THEN BLUE THE GREEN AGAIN
UNDULATING LIKE THE SEA

I’M CORRALED BY NEON
PIXILATED RAINBOWS
A DOWNLOADED WILDERNESS

I WAS LOOKING DOWN
AND I SENSED YOU
IN THE PERIPHERY
AND I DARED TO LOOK UP
AND I SAW YOU
SHIMMERING

ABOVE YOUR CHEST
A BURST OF RED
SMALL AS THE TIP OF MY THUMB
SHINES AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN

ABOVE YOUR CHEST
A BURST OF RED
SMALL AS THE TIP OF MY THUMB
SHINES AS BRIGHT AS
BRIGHT AS THE SUN
BRIGHT AS THE SUN
BRIGHT AS THE SUN
BRIGHT AS THE SUN

Part two:

We
we put
we put a feeder up
so we could watch

a week goes by amidst the stand of bamboo I see one fluttering then a few days later
just 2 feet from the feeder one hovers then darts away

“He,
he sees,
he sees us”
my husband says

What must the hummingbird see but a boat bound to land that lights up at night
and beings tall, thin and grey who move
slowly
always
putting round containers over constant blue flames

what must the hummingbird see?

credits

from My Skin Craves Soil, released February 21, 2015
written and performed by Weba Garretson & Ralph Gorodetsky.
www.garretson-gorodetsky.com

Illustration by Joe Baiza. Live animations created by Frances Garretson Recorded and mixed by Mark Wheaton at
Catasonic Studios, Echo Park California.
video by Mark Wheaton
http:www.catasonic.com

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Garretson & Gorodetsky Los Angeles, California

Fronted by vocalist Weba Garretson and guitarist Ralph Gorodetsky, this band features 3 part vocal harmony, hard swinging grooves, funky beats and gorgeous orchestral moments all woven into your standard three chord song. The five piece is enhanced by woodwind and harp maestro Vince Meghrouni, and propelled by the grooving rhythm section of bassist Laura Grissom and drummer Brian Christopherson. ... more

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