A Convivial Presence

" A Convivial Presence "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A convivial presence
in tight denim
fun and irreverent

never shy
about power breakfasts
with friends

called annexed developments
of tearful remembrances
outside the profession

gifted with a pen
or pencil
inseparable from the self...

Unsettling Reading

" Unsettling Reading "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Unsettling reading
as self-serious speeches
of discarded deities

letting menace creep
overtly, weirdly
barely being seen

like pioneering
penchants for speeding
across uprooted trees

with short-circuited wiring
remaining to be seen
only a couple of feet

while eating cheese
during Kabuki
in its final weeks...

Held Up

" Held Up "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Held up
by those
around
them

in a tiny
town
as an odor-
less cloud

under-
ground
through
a splash-
painted
maze

without sub-
versive
shading
stumbling
midway

courageously
with the bravery
of the first
test-tube baby

noddingly explained
as an extracted egg
on the front-page
of a tabloid paper
under an assumed name...

Makes a Certain Kind of Sense

" Makes a Certain Kind of Sense "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Makes a certain kind of sense
cut short with a long bustle
visibly off kilter

like an authentic period
slightly overemphasized
by wanting to recognize the meanwhile

highlighting modernized society
made to look childlike
in sugary pink, baby blue and white

lest we forget
our former selves
as a black dress in this telling...

Searching for a Formula

" Searching for a Formula "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Searching for a formula
as an uproar of a watchdog
at gunpoint along an unmarked border

as potentially important
banned assaults starting off
with dead men talking

in disclosure reports
as suburban sprawls
reaching across pitfalls

of unexplored sounding boards
meant to be poignant
clarifying thoughts

sensing the warmth of endorphins
or something stronger
like hand-embroidered folklore...

Embody Them Fully

" Embody Them Fully "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Embody them fully
in keeping
with immediacy
both as critique
and retreat

like incongruity
capturing ideas
of casual play
for guardians
of the flame

in objectifying ways
depicted by games
placating outrage
portrayed
as displaced halos...

Hard to Label

" Hard to Label "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Decade-plus-ago
prophetic flamenco
alto saxophone
octaves lower

impassive baritone
down any rabbit hole
wondrously tangled
ancient and ageless

in varying stages
splayed
bit the bullet, say
tooled with a blade

rigor and decay
hard to label
not afraid
to say, "mistaken"...

Dumping Voicemail

" Dumping Voicemail "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Signs of changes
timing unclear
nodding curtly
worsening
significantly

recounting how
to step down
without the know-how
while setting the ringer
to: "Loud"

on polished granite
or wood laminate
with exactly the right balance
in the app on a dial pad
dumping voicemail

overlooked like low-intensity
attendees in asymmetric policies
on electronic cocksure monitors
in order of importance
as silly squeaky voices
imploring niche-nerdy backwaters

not coursing at all
cautiously overcalled
through an information storm
umprovitorily overhauled
as catwalks and wall crawls...

Trenchant Restiveness

" Trenchant Restiveness "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Nearly impossible
in some way or another
on either end of the spectrum

having to contend
with furtive events
of the fleshy hiding itself

jealously as an edge
just one of many
trying to reconnect

with audience empathy
as visual elements
interpreted like confidence

with exceptional depth
given access
to trenchant restiveness...

Lofty Hopes

" Lofty Hopes "

by Suzán Jiván, Mommy
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Lofty hopes
of gun owners
vowing to oppose
much maligned
portrayals of bribery
of those on high

like cuts signed
on notched firearms
of eviscerated lives
as the otherwise
unmemorialized

arriving years behind
like a red-and-white-
striped-brickpile
championing outrightly
indulgent times

by never minding
the pint-sized silos
near by as indictments
of the not-so-nice

unjustifiably undermined
by nobly flowing lines
of matinee idols
all Twittering aside
while screeching wilily...

A Woman's Existence

" A Woman's Existence "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A woman's existence
holding meaning
low down on the tree
lavender and green
low down on the tree

in a year-round
growing season
pretty much kept neat
by decorating schemes
of rabbit ballerinas

devoted to carrots
at first glance
as perma-tans
and implants
for graying fans...

When the News Broke

" When the News Broke "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

When the news broke
thick with hopefuls
filling with rogues
by splitting the vote
in a tight-knit bayou

like a crowded field
of spitballed ideas
piquing with antipathy
each promising to be
a gluttonous month

bloating to the grandiose
un-proved and un-notable
like posthumous novelty
with extreme enmity
for maliciously hidden triggers...

The Next Muse

" The Next Muse "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The next muse
is yet to come
and about to run
being used to confront
the more troublesome
frontrunners of seduction

among all others
under reckless house arrest
not to mention special effects
as supplements of aggression
for well-rehearsed legends
screened at the multiplex...

Not-Quite-Finished

" Not-Quite-Finished "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Not quite finished
as the first of several
little-known substitutes shown

like an all-knowing tome
written all alone in a sole episode
wholly devoted to the hopeful

as cameras roll in the dough
with the visibly bewitching yeast
of completely make believe

bursting into song
as a blood-borne-
sung-through score

for the foreshortened
dangled ornaments
of longing...

But the Gov't Didn't Budge

" But the Gov't Didn't Budge "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

But the gov't didn't budge
in an address next month
with a long-awaited case
slogged to pass legislation
as far away as sister states
long after the hurricane
in a percolating patriarchal nation
unlike top mandates
proposed decades too late...

Given Little Weight

" Given Little Weight "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Given little weight
in the final tally
connecting way back
to an inadequate charity

suppressed and abstractly
stretched well past
flashy two-point baskets
in dusky timbres and wide palettes

stuck-up puffy fronts of the unlovely
shrouded in chewing gum bubbles
popping with pink sweetness
released by agreeing to a bit o' bubbly

like the would-be stingingly secret
guilded nominees in award seasons
all for good causes lamented as loss
scrawled on chalkboards

in grim predictions facing criticism
like politics written in fine print
while balking at new limits
of bitter possibilities

being split by deficits
as small victims
inside school buildings
filled with fragile
pink and lavender
hand-painted glass...

Exceptionally Drawn & Lush

" Exceptionally Drawn & Lush "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Exceptionally drawn and lush
like stylistically unique
heavy breathing
both naughty and bawdy
long before breakfast

more aesthetically correct
when compellingly
holding our attention
in a hormonal tempest
of kinky and desperate

unsettlingly far too tender
and much less credible
made of moldy papier-mâché
while oozing ill-fated admiration
through a narrow frame...

The Particulars of Giving

" The Particulars of Giving "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The particulars of giving
a win-win gift of oblivious
family fantasies of stabbing
Santa in the back in midair
off-handedly achingly sad
like a chameleonic funk band
for a bland sideman
with a sappy accent
in the hinterlands
after the last whiskey...

Life on the Eves

" Life on the Eves "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom,
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Life on the eves
full of pleasing conjurings
summoning snow scenes
molded to the moment
in eccentric protests

undertaken as always
while spinning on one leg
with a racing simulator
in a clean-as-a-whistle game
for all occasions

suddenly flooding the stage
in collaboration
with inked papers
of public domain
written then erased...

A Thirst for the Urban

" A Thirst for the Urban "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A thirst for the urban
may be murkied
by rate-rigging inquiries

vastly increasing
while offering uniform
systems for patents

after granting access
to income brackets
completely briefed on the matter

cannot be reached
like the world's biggest
poverty features

being wooed overseas
while facing scrutiny
and handmade melancholies

despite slumping
under discussions
of bankrupted personal incomes

now depicted
radically differently
as panoplies of flappers

dancing nostalgically
on behalf of nary a harriedly
handsome Nutcracker...

Front-Page Compilations

" Front-Page Compilations "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
Mom-Mom Suzán

Before seedlings
take root in communities
with gifts of magnitude

as heavily varnished
dollar tchotchkes
for aging occupants

in summer suspensions
of signaturely lengthy days
still remaining

like regenerations
of subterranean tracings
planted as pagans

in unceasing campaigns
of increasingly dubious
defiances of likelihood

pressing ahead
intercontinentally
widely unexpected

rigidly sentenced
with gnarly sentiments
stringently suppressed

pre-warned of launch
blasting off
held-back backlash

set off celebrations
re-opening greatly-
complicated debates

while playing wildly popular sitars
in getaway cars
doing life behind bars

as six million documents
from unflinching partisans
become fodder for rogue rockets...

Understated K9 Makeovers

" Understated K9 Makeovers "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Understated
K9 makeovers
orchestrated beside
sidewalk tables
while imbibing
in unrealized rivalry
used mindfully
simply by holding
uncomfortable poses
on sharp elbows...

Widely Viewed Pinch-to-Zoom

" Widely Viewed Pinch-to-Zoom "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Caution: "May contain
unrestrained cocooned shapes
in loft-like spaces for freed makeovers"

gimmickly voyeuristic
like the impish grins
of porcelain pigs

scripted in brief stints
as Lucky Lizzy and Dirty Dicky
widely viewed pinch-to-zoom...

At Odds with Their Flitty

" At Odds with Their Flitty "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

At odds with their flitty A-list
and non-scents on the market
for gazillions of dollars
and then there's the drop-off
like targeted apple blossoms
typically followed
by measured responses

while waiting quietly
in a steadily flowing line
and not outright trying
on a fleece-lined-
pint-sized parka

like dried leaves
lying outside
on the sidewalk
along with newly-worn
disorientingly warmish
and kittenish water-resistant
giraffe-print pants with flare...

Mysteries of Insight

" Mysteries of Insight "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Mysteries of insight
while parodies
and punches fly
like the dastardly madcap
masked and black-clad
hurting for a few laughs

as briefed comedic
casts scamper
into communal hives
with voracious appetites
for a make-believe past
of black-pipe flanges

for headmasters
and mannequins
as good examples
of gold standards
with unfortunate dabbles
into what really didn't happen...

From Trump to Dummy

" From Trump to Dummy "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

From trump to dummy
having the ace and the duck
shifting to a club
and a singleton king

on the margins
of the mainstream
indistinguishingly
like an idyllic original

involving a fly system
plunging down quickly
with only a hint
of a talisman

in a breakneck sprint
being eked out gradually
while drifting in and out
with sly one-liners

in a diamond-shaped space
of period role playing
not quite in sync
visibly naked underneath

contradictorily
getting past
standards and practices
wearing a full-length veil...

Facets of a Mind Slice by Slice

" Facets of a Mind Slice by Slice "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Facets of a mind
like lines of thought
lacking the old-fashioned
appeals of parents

with the smeary intensity
of a shared history
gritted by fiction
sprinkled superficially

as a conscience and consigliere
paying heed unblinkingly
while stretching a mean pizza
purely by instinct

meeting criteria
thriving thricely
coming back to life
with each reheated slice...

Triumph As It Were

" Triumph As It Were "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Triumph as it were
unceremoniously won over
by by-gone baroque modes
long before official openings

still smarting from tamoxifen
hit hard with a hit and a flop
of eye-poppingly stolid
blockiness while icing a heart
in a mythic novel come apart...

Based on Recently Discovered

" Based on Recently Discovered "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Based on recently discovered
snaggletoothed swagger
well past tragedy
on a graspable scale

briskly re-imagined
in the camouflaged
of a bowlegged gait
and a trapper hat

with the random stabs
of the emotionally damaged
yet irascibly scrappy
come to pass after grappling
with a variety pack of bootstraps...

Voice-Overs of Guilty Guffaws

" Voice-Overs of Guilty Guffaws "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Telling the story
as voice-overs
of guilty guffaws

breaking into jive
while emphasizing
malignity clumsily
under construction

echoing and re-uttering
choosing to out trump
the no matter whats

by dancing flashily
snarling and thrashing
ravishingly out of character

sarcastically manhandled
as masks panically strapped
to the backs of hellbent webcams
in a bedroom chat...

Level-headedly Prophetic

" Level-headedly Prophetic "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Level-headedly prophetic
surmised by accents
broken down geographically
like would-be-world-weary wiseguys

by counting down time
in semi-snappy dialogues
of diversionary tactics
after tipping hands into thin air

as scandalous anonymity
being stymied by what felt like
dimly-lighted revivals failing to excite
by coming back to life
maddeningly harried by mime...

Flat-Footed, Long-Winded

" Flat-Footed, Long-Winded "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Flat-footed, long-winded
capturing little
with unrestricted permission
being vilified and dismissed

as unprincipled
mementos of misery
inscribed in the glossary
of a polytheistic Choctaw

on televised platforms
of mischievous joy
while playing coy
with the boys next door

wearing pretty boring
stripper pumps of yore
on the cutting room floor
as masters of the hard boiled

in assortments of throaty noises
and ear drum assaults
of all sorts after changing course
with a flexible voice...

An Uncanny Coalescence

" An Uncanny Coalescence "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

An uncanny coalescence
of ebullience semi-nude
and nude modes of view
as wrist to shoulder tattoos
and loose fancy shoes
with the material movements

as spandex suits
in scant rooms
with jabs and slashes
of solid silver-black
on polka-dotted pants

like iffy propositions
in storage since demolition
mended thread-to-thread
unfettered on vellum...