Eerily Similar

" Eerily Similar "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Eerily similar
tiny fractions
of lifelong averages
like batting crowns
sought passionately

re-created each and everyday
as mandated rest breaks
similar to frog-hoppers
squat round-eyed bugs

dark colorings
extended hoodlike
over the head
when under threat
from previously scheduled
pressing agendas
toward reconciliation
and maybe even salvation

while attempting to remain safe
in full pursuit of day-to-day
pivotal states alternating
or whorled fused at the base

funnel shaped wrenching cases
of shame worrying about danger
while working in cages
that are robot-maintained

checkered antennae
clustered rust-colored
red projections
cooler temperatures

yellow to ochre
emerging later
in playful ways
amid tough labor

involuntarily taken
as matters of faith
on action-packed pages
of endless collaborations

going by fake names
in order to erase
when the rains came
into breeding ranges
during confrontations

" kill-deer, kill-deear
kill-deeah, ee eeer "
crippling wings limping
darkly familiar brazen figures

spirited away
divisive perpetrators
rebutted allegations
common king snake
cross bands chain links...