Death lights heavy

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Hummingbird mama —
abandons her nonviable eggs
but keeps checking back
a few more times, just to be sure.

Arms fall off a saguaro,
break open on the ground
like fragile eggshells —
after years of desert still-life
a few seconds of death-motion.

But the night breeze is so beautiful
those breezes are — so beautiful,
it’s hard not to get swept away.

Above all

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NATURE the beautiful
Nature the harsh
Nature the teacher
Nature the warrior
Nature the destroyer
Nature the creator
Nature the protector
Nature the fierce
Nature the indifferent
Nature the ancient
Nature the new
Nature the vast
Nature the minuscule
Nature the awesome
Nature the ugly
Nature the dying
Nature the perpetual
Nature the resilient
Nature the diverse
Nature the mysterious
Nature the artist
Nature the colorful
Nature the swift
Nature the PATIENT