THE MOSQUITO HAWK
The Hawk Kitchen 5:50pm
I looked & I looked
at the long-legged
insect My Mother called
The Mosquito Hawk
I looked & I looked
at His Tenuous Hold
on My Kitchen Cabinet
I looked at His Squiggly Feet
hooked on the tips
enabling His Grip
I looked & I looked
at His Star-patterned
Body, if You could call
It a body —
I looked & I looked
but nothing
could I see
that would tell Me A Reason
for Why
He
held
on