“Disappearing
Beneath
Thinning Canopies”
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Disappearing
beneath
thinning canopies
invariably retreating
backwards
short bodies
light limbs
sparsely distributed
unpredictable
warming conditions
growing rogue teeth
cropping leafage
with enormous lips
tiny ears wiggling
forming watertight lids
suckling its young
with only one hump
rather than double
moving uncountable tons
mercilously hunted
bearing short tufts
smelling of musk ...
Beneath
Thinning Canopies”
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Disappearing
beneath
thinning canopies
invariably retreating
backwards
short bodies
light limbs
sparsely distributed
unpredictable
warming conditions
growing rogue teeth
cropping leafage
with enormous lips
tiny ears wiggling
forming watertight lids
suckling its young
with only one hump
rather than double
moving uncountable tons
mercilously hunted
bearing short tufts
smelling of musk ...
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