“ Difficult to Distinguish “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Difficult to Distinguish “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Difficult to distinguish visually
barely overlapping like differing
voices tending to look out onto thick
trees and dense shrubbery
sailing to feed singing, “ah-de-dee”
taking spiders ‘n’ bees fairly
common and widespread
yet possibly in decline
due to loss of wintering habitats
still sallying back and forth to catch
insects in midair nesting in grasses
saddled on horizontal branches
being built by females
laying wreathed eggs
sporting olive washes
on breasts and subsisting
on mountain ashe during spells
of inclement weather hawking insects
wings fluttering incessantly
strenuously jerking tails and heads
lording over insect realms
while softly calling, “peace”
or “peeet” mechanically uttering,
“ ti ti ti “ in between canopies
frantically beating wings
long streamers hanging beneath ...