"Alien Biennials"...

" Alien Biennials "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Alien biennials
dormant in the soil
invading lawns

multiflora
fronds broad
yellow in fall

prairie warblers
huckleberry dwarfs
frequenting under stories

locust borers
goldenrod
in autumn

long-horned
aquatic forms
segmented claws

occurring in swarms
beaks short nipple galls
sound organs...