“Ups and Downs” ...

” Ups and Downs “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ups
and downs
opposites
attract
like letting
the steppes
get trampled
as plants
and animals
don’t stand
a chance

pleading
for total bans
having taken
heavy tolls
on old-
fashioned
champions

advocating
fragrant
blossoms
on branches
by a fanged
straw man
for population
crashes
with the biggest
racks

along with a handful
of fanciful overlaps
for choice habitats
along tributaries
of the latter

flowing quickly past
hunting barracks
taking note of tiger tracks...