Ori Fienberg

The Sweetness

When humans evolve, in many millions of years, towards flight, the primary adaptations
will occur not at the arms, but in the ears.  Only the ears are primed by a proper understanding
of the vibrations of currents.

Recently scientists discovered the lasting effect that song has on surfaces it makes contact
with.  Indeed, this change occurs on a quantum level and is cumulative.  All sorts of wells
contain the nectar of residual sounds.

In Brazil there have been reports of hummingbirds alighting just above a person’s shoulder. 
Those who have experienced it describe a tickle so soothing that it plays along the inner ear
like a warm whisper, a living q-tip; the feeling of song.


Ori Fienberg’s debut is Where Babies Come From (Cornerstone Press, 2024). He is also the author of the micro-chap, Interim Assistant Dean of Having a Rich Inner Life (Ghost City Press, 2023) and the chapbook Old Habits, New Markets (elsewhere, 2021). Ori’s recent writing can be found in the Cimarron Review, Ploughshares, and Smartish Pace. Read more at orifienberg.com.