Natural Selection

When de-puffing serum burns

                                              I remember

bowerbirds canopy potential mates, 

                                              tunnel avenues decorated with patterned bones

sandhill cranes preen feathers with mud, 

                                             fertile bodies turned summer brown

                       I soothe my eyes with frozen tea bags

looper caterpillars ornament their bodies, 

                                             blossoms guarding a feast

Cyclosa spiders decorate their webs with remains, 

                                             decoys for wasp strikes 

                     I cover my face with tinted moisturizer

                                      Camouflage depends on type.