“ Black Bodied “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Black Bodied “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Black bodied
breeding
in inland marshes
white collared
fresh water marshes
partially nocturnal
semiprecocial young
vulnerable to runners
winter flocks wheeling
twisting and gliding
in synchrony
with measured wing beats
no materials needed
while laying ovate
bluish white eggs
some migration
donning short red legs
chubby auks
being used as a food source
wintering offshore
lacking eye adornment
forming large rafts on water
becoming protected by laws
laying pear-shaped eggs
adapted to turn in circles
making soft, “murrrs”
short wings whirring ...