Acorn Finials

" Acorn Finials "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski


Attention spans
shrink
like pirated signals
of origins


rousing curiosities
unspooling
like a cracking
good yarn


as self-consciously
snarling swashbucklers
become ably embodied
where ever the plot wonders


strictly at sea
by inhibiting
walking
with webbed feet


as three species
breed
like little grebes
with yellow cheeks


non-breeding season
awkwardly waddling
gone kaputt
singly and monolithically


bands of orange
applied in top
of uncannily vaginal
painted patina patterns


bunched-up fabrics
bearing monograms
of fenced yards
for hipped-roof barns


scholarly muddy bottomed
short-bodied knock-kneed
third-century cutlery


mixed feelings
for hobbies
of raising bees
being draped in bunting
as symbols of comfort


bidding on silver gilt
with irresistible
acorn finials
without finishing
laboriously stitched


backstories of tragedy
pervading embroidery
instructed in needling
techniques of deer
and funereal wreathes
four- and five- figures each


off-putting dangerous work
being greeted by a bleepity-bleep
perhaps after having had
one too many family samplers
pajama clad showing signs of wear...