On and On

" On and On "

by Suzán Jiván
aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Haunting
the outer
beaches
as most
migrants
in the interior
short thick bills
in winter
mournful whistle
dropping
in the middle
long distance
slimmer wing tips
rich whistle
golden-plover
snowy piping
killdeer
broken wing
flopping
mostly orange
white collar
field mark
obvious
underparts
mobbed
dark-tipped
whistle
clear "wheeep"
wave-washed
rocks
harsh sharp
foreparts hard
"kwip" stout bill
over winter
teetering bobbing
uncommonly
solitary
barred underparts
muddy pond
bush top
stodgy bulky body
marbled
flocks of godwits
fairly common
on one spot
whistles of wandering
on and on
whinnying trilling
early in winter
darkening still...