A BIRD PURSUES A BEE br A bird pursues a bee and kisses her, br flight of fancy by Miró. Unprimed br the canvas kisses are a cat whose purr br excites my mistress less than words I've rhymed br and sent her through the cyberair like kisses br Miro's bird blows upon a bee. The painter br expressses my affection, but he misses br the metaphor my mistress thinks is quainter. br br Inspired by the very first painting in the Miró exhibition at MoMa, an unprimed canvas with a yellow swirling loop, above which Miró writes: “Un oiseau poursuit une abeille et la baisse.