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Unbearable Lightness
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44 unBearaBle lightness Her step was so light we imagined wings of hummingbirds lifting her shoulders as her toes brushed the ground leaving faint scuff marks as she flew O to her boyfriend crying Love is endless and forever young! in hummingbird tongue But he weighed her down with rings and excuses brassy as blue jays so she stamped and stamped while he flew circles around her until he tired and coasted home and they each pecked a pledge like lovebirds in a cage and showered each other with bracelets necklaces lockets as they feathered their nest till they could hardly move Then each step struck the earth like stone and their finally feet took root breaking the surface at last while the moles labored past ...