“ Considered to Be “ ...

“ Considered to Be “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Considered to be the most beautiful
of species while walking easily
‘n’ perching in trees

monogamously breeding
increasing often appearing
beneath folded wing

yellowish legs and feet
low quacking shrill whistling
feeding on plant material

foraging in fields rufous and gray
incubation first flight in 60 days
nicknamed, “ baldpate”

due to climate change
laying greenish buff eggs
in salt marshes ‘n’ bays

concealed by vegetation
aiming for further conservation
via the earliest migrations

hayfield prairie
greater diameters
powder-blue patches

feebly quacking
short grasses
zigzagging pintails

planing into landings
agile and fast
dropping rapidly...