WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.660 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.660 --> 00:00:02.610 align:middle line:84% All right, I'll read a couple of poems 00:00:02.610 --> 00:00:05.430 align:middle line:84% from Scary, No Scary and then a couple more poems from Fjords. 00:00:05.430 --> 00:00:09.030 align:middle line:84% And then we'll listen to Joyelle read some poems, too. 00:00:09.030 --> 00:00:17.347 align:middle line:90% 00:00:17.347 --> 00:00:19.430 align:middle line:84% This one is called, "This is What You Need to Know 00:00:19.430 --> 00:00:21.500 align:middle line:90% About the World, Pretend Son." 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:24.310 align:middle line:90% 00:00:24.310 --> 00:00:28.690 align:middle line:84% "When I cupped my hand, a broken hummingbird fell into it. 00:00:28.690 --> 00:00:30.880 align:middle line:90% Its eyes had been pecked out. 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:32.560 align:middle line:90% Its beak was missing. 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.830 align:middle line:84% And I could see its heart beating through its torn chest. 00:00:36.830 --> 00:00:40.510 align:middle line:84% The heart began to fall out so I put my finger there 00:00:40.510 --> 00:00:42.310 align:middle line:90% to hold its heart in. 00:00:42.310 --> 00:00:46.120 align:middle line:84% It felt more like a vibration than a heartbeat, 00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:49.240 align:middle line:90% like a moth's wing. 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.420 align:middle line:90% It felt good on my finger. 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:57.550 align:middle line:84% Then another broken hummingbird fell, but into the pond. 00:00:57.550 --> 00:01:01.490 align:middle line:84% It made a few ripples and then floated there on its side, 00:01:01.490 --> 00:01:06.280 align:middle line:84% left leg twitching, beak frozen open, stiff little creature 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:11.620 align:middle line:84% with one wing straight up, a little paper sailboat. 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:14.440 align:middle line:84% The clouds were not shaped like clouds. 00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:18.790 align:middle line:84% A tree was blooming with broken hummingbirds instead of leaves, 00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:22.390 align:middle line:84% instead of a sun, a slow explosion. 00:01:22.390 --> 00:01:26.890 align:middle line:84% The hummingbird heart on my finger felt bottomless. 00:01:26.890 --> 00:01:31.170 align:middle line:84% The day almost smelled like spring." 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:36.000 align:middle line:90%