For the Most Part

" For the Most Part "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


For the most part
cold swims in the dark
with amber shades of orange
propelled stolidly as an octopus
vanishing up an arm
anatomically forgotten


as non-combative
skittish species scattering
in recently undamned airspace
as alternatives to manned
inaccuracies and drawbacks
of risk factors in particulate matter


lighted by fireflies superbly unlikely
to be trapped inside their own likeness
as look-alikes wickedly hard-to-find
in bundles of colored wires


shading into violence older and wiser
as primary rivals emphasizing
former sizes of bodies and lives
while pedaling paint-chipped trikes
morphing into hot toddy icons


cherry picked like sweet times
surprisingly just right in line ups
of scruffy beat-up shrugs
from stubbornly rough-and-tumble
vulnerably fuzzy earth mothers

trenchantly thinner
mythically less witty
within the limits
of shape-shifting tinsmiths
of the not-quite-convincing
embracers of risk


deliriously unreliable
like an almost thief
with unfailing penalties
for unethical intents
of maximum sentences


without paying attention
to selections
of multiple-choice tests
while seated next
to everyone else
raising themselves
since obsolescence


dipping in development
rapidly unchecked
like white picket fences
on the many levels
of instant messages


toiling together
in elastic-waist pants
with a positive
side to the latter
of far-flung locales


as members not tenants
of diverse sets
meaning to suggest
playing pat-a-cake

on a grand staircase
of coffee tables
for loftily talking cohorts
munching popcorn
in dorms for paramours
of hand-drawn unicorns...