Wednesday, July 3, 2013

A Rank-and-File Coronavirus

" A Rank-and-File Coronavirus "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Almost a sideshow
for a rank-in-file
coronavirus
at the right spot
multiple times
in tizzies worldwide


looting cash pools
of unflappable multitudes
long abandoned
by convulsive coups
as unavoidable truths


hackers inherit the earth
like wizardly cybercriminals
hanging by threads
of non-momentum
putting down pens
with no applause
whatsoever


as tummy muscles
full of bluster
from whale hunters
of blubber
claim prize money


freshly-baked
maiden-made
hairsprayed
layer caked surnames
in their larval stage


spread open
cocked slightly
ganging upside down
on unlikely sites


tufted long fine
sandy pine
serpentine
roadsides


clubbed horns
violet in fall
tawny forewings
milkweed
in the morning


male nectarings
moist prairies
tall grasses
wetlands


feathery grace
short range
machine-gun paced
pulsing brain waves
widely contemplated
primitive explanations


as rare stragglers'
rumps and tails
purring, "chrrrup"
drooping teetering



seen robbing
on the wing
hovering plunging
soaring scavenging
glaucous wings
pink feet...

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