Dad’s got hummingbirds around the house. I like hummingbirds as much as the next person, but they worry me a little. They way they zoom around reminds me of bumblebees, which tend to not have the best navigational skills and occasionally smack into you. I can’t quite escape the vision of one of these tiny bird smacking into my head and embedding its beak in my skull.
As the daughter of an ER nurse, I’ve imagined several times how that visit would play out. “Yes, I’m fairly certain my insurance will cover the removal of this bird from my left temple…”
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