Hummingbird by D.H. Lawrence (from Birds, Beasts and Flowers, 1923)
I can imagine, in some other world
Primeval-dumb, far back
In that most awful stillness, that only gasped and hummed,
Humming-birds raced down the avenues.
Before anything had a soul,
While life was a heave of Matter, half inanimate,
This little bit chipped off in brilliance
And went whizzing through the slow, vast, succulent stems.
I believe there were no flowers, then
In the world where the humming-bird flashed ahead of creation.
I believe he pierced the slow vegetable veins with his long beak.
Probably he was big
As mosses, and little lizards, they say were once big.
Probably he was a jabbing, terrifying monster.
We look at him through the wrong end of the long telescope of Time,
Luckily for us.
Esme's Cloud 
Lawrence was brilliant, eh? “The long end of the telescope of Time.” A good read to start my morning with, thank you, sonmicloud.
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He had his moments without doubt, though I am not keen on all his work. I’m glad you liked it Peter smiles
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They’re such cool beasts. I think I’m one, you know.
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You must have one hell of a conk on you!
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They are very cool indeed.
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It’s a sword!
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Of course. A thousand pardons Professor, of course it isn’t your nose, I mean you’re not Cyrano de Bergerac! What was I thinking? laughs A sword, yes, a rapier perhaps, rather than a basket-hilted claymore if a Hummingbird you truly be.
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It’s a Lakonia!
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Yes, I saw I had gone about business here in the wrong order, so rendering my punnage redundant, but had swept it under the carpet laughs. It’s a fine choice, a nice beveled edge, though somewhat shorter than my own preferred weapon. Use it wisely and only for good Professor Hummingbird.
I must catch up on my wordpress backlog.
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laughs I use it for dadblamery!
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What else?!
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Of course!
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Plumbtastic.
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