" Running Counter "...

" Running Counter "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Running counter
to the roundabout
cherry picking facts

supplanted
by tiny fractions
of somehows
as re-imagined
knowhows

scouring
lunar-dappled paths
of rain-splashed
droplet scatter
from free-tailed
bat habitats

trapping heat
for adorably squishy
pup colonies
consuming record
numbers of insect pests

step by quiet step
being reported dead
like uncollected debts
plus interest
from spokesmen

while still assessing
the treasury
as exacting efforts
to cast dragnets
into hard-to-separate
anti-settlements

beneath rockets red glare
measuring high levels of lead
serving as surrogates
for uprooted residents

having come under threats
stemming from soil tests
upon gaining momentum
from high-end veggie chefs
heading in the right direction...