Kurt Havens

Hummingbird



rain sounds sent us

out into Greenpoint's



strange wetness

for sandwiches



we saw stacks of soaked

Bible pamphlets



in a phoneless

phone booth



umbrellaless

teenagers



who dipped

their feet



in the creek

next to signs



that warned



"wet weather discharge point

for untreated sewage" and



"don't eat eels

caught here"



one girl had a tiny

hummingbird



tattooed on

her left ankle



poor bird

we laughed



and walked

to the deli



where Kara ordered

"whatever"



on an everything

bagel -



picture such

abandon


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