For the Children of Hummingbirds

Or the descendants of those who first came in contact with Columbus.

It’s sunrise, and the birds are fighting outside our window. Surely it has something to do with the missing trees. Where there once stood three tall árboles, now is the site of grass and flowers and other green life emerging from the brown soil. Cut down due to safety––wind storms and showers having caused broken branches on fallen power lines––our mini…