WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.710 align:middle line:90%
"Genesis, Quetzal."

00:00:01.710 --> 00:00:04.330 align:middle line:90%


00:00:04.330 --> 00:00:08.800 align:middle line:84%
Swallow at dawn
one tiny avocado.

00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:13.660 align:middle line:90%
Hold so still the world begins.

00:00:13.660 --> 00:00:18.490 align:middle line:84%
Love cry of the jaguar dyes
crimson your deepest belly

00:00:18.490 --> 00:00:20.140 align:middle line:90%
down.

00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:24.760 align:middle line:84%
Each glance, a hummingbird,
preening, the narrow trail

00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.310 align:middle line:90%
of her open bill.

00:00:27.310 --> 00:00:32.350 align:middle line:84%
Copper green winged,
amethyst geode throat.

00:00:32.350 --> 00:00:36.310 align:middle line:84%
Blink once, and
stars take flight.

00:00:36.310 --> 00:00:41.230 align:middle line:84%
Sing like trogons, mot mots,
yellow-thighed finches,

00:00:41.230 --> 00:00:45.190 align:middle line:84%
sooty robins,
nightingale thrushes,

00:00:45.190 --> 00:00:48.280 align:middle line:84%
acorn carpinteros
tucked into carved

00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:55.180 align:middle line:84%
out holes, wrens and
siskins, seen and hidden.

00:00:55.180 --> 00:00:59.260 align:middle line:90%
Cataratas, waterfalls of song.

00:00:59.260 --> 00:01:03.100 align:middle line:90%
Your chest, vest of drip tints.

00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:08.170 align:middle line:84%
Highland forest
awake after rain.

00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:10.630 align:middle line:90%
Breeze ruffled streams.

00:01:10.630 --> 00:01:14.290 align:middle line:84%
Your tails run into
the Pacific, waves

00:01:14.290 --> 00:01:18.670 align:middle line:84%
hungry to mingle
with reef and sand.

00:01:18.670 --> 00:01:24.940 align:middle line:84%
Velvet green crest,
teal of tide pool.

00:01:24.940 --> 00:01:29.770 align:middle line:84%
When you push off, flower
piercers and fly catchers

00:01:29.770 --> 00:01:32.590 align:middle line:90%
fall from your feathers.

00:01:32.590 --> 00:01:38.260 align:middle line:84%
When you push off,
Earth gasps and sighs.

00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:44.620 align:middle line:84%
Your wings stir root
aromas, tangled underfoot.

00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:50.230 align:middle line:84%
When you push off, Earth
and sky reshape around you.

00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:54.760 align:middle line:84%
When you push off,
a new world spins.

00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.238 align:middle line:90%