" One Might Hope "...

" One Might Hope "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

One might hope for sweet and fatty species
while dispersing seeds for queens
not of our bodies via wild forests
toucans' emus' monkeys' stories
of many species nurturing tiny minorities
whether corn rice or wheat minus papaya trees

in early paintings dark art evolving
where no one farmed bones and fossils
broken apart leaves terminates beetles
year by year like finite immensities
for indigenous peoples unknown globally

but enough about biology
beneath deciduous canopies
babies emerging birthing collectively
gathering genes in scenarios
of vast possibilities as resources deplete
yet flourishing at the margins gone foraging
running out of options shooting stars...