Special Status

" Special Status "

by Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

The putative aura
of chunky forms
laminated
with plastic
as special status
stacked
like falling ladders
gleaming proudly
Torn and gouged
stained and splattered
after being
bent over backward
on monochromatic palettes
suggesting collapse
as less nostalgically
fragmented
latter-day maps
Scratched and ragged
no-nonsense stares
stoically exalted
grasped hand-over-hand
in all-over patterns
of top-ranked talent...