" Double " ...

" Double "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Double-crested flying
in untidy wavering lines
wings spread to dry
great juveniles
clean white
rocky coastlines
usually silent
often seen in flight
grasped firmly
by both sides
enabling biting
and stinging
resembling bees
being studied alive
outside wide-mouthed
jars of cyanide
hydrogen calcium
sodium or potassium
as chief hazards
small bodies
large wings
dragon flies
butterflies
sifting devices
hastened by light
rising nearby
heavy knives
meant for prying
preserved dry
experts finding
recording devices
inside of turbines
isotopes colliding
long sited deeply diving
acidified baselines
disappearing sea ice
awakening sleep deprived
experiencing puberty
every spring at migration peaks
of streaking comet interiors
plus viper fish like privatized eyes
for writers and scientists...