Saturday, November 10, 2012

As Slackened Arms Dangle

" As Slackened Arms Dangle "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The smallest but most elaborate
incorporating all manner
over the careworn past

overridden by piety
dead wood, new life
skin tight, secretly mighty
like a benign pied piper

with a softly rounded mouth
gradually astounded
by a balancing act
stripped down mechanically
with the use of gravity

as an outlet for red-lacquered
conviviality, dazzlingly lavish
with languid tendrils down the back
gently batted, unabashedly attractive
as inclined backs, oddly flat
suddenly expansive

thrillingly apparent
with gorgeous contrast
meeting the handle
smarmally deadpan
as slackened arms dangle...

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