Still at Large

" Still at Large "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Still at large
on swaths of have-nots
under the radar
as snarkily partisan
non responses
swelling with unorthodoxy


like privacy policies
of stealing identities
while openly sparring
with total disregard
for potential involvements
of undeferred options


save for an unthinkable
and unstoppable
omnipresent slap shots
into non prominence


unhappily transplanted standing
over an energetically seedy airstreams
shaking heads steadily
earning accolades in isolation
as campily iconoclastic
go-go dancers with steamy laughs


little more than intelligence
collected like highly classified threats
secretly harvested as conferences
and logins while denying knowledge
of dollars spent to stretch protections
incidentally as wars end


continuing wrestling with tickling keys
throughout beat-up cities
in sunken plazas of major categories
like sharp-tongued hangdogs
crackling as crowd-pleasing recalls
of unrewardingly feel-good forces


played by strangers
in outdoor locations
unpainted and redecorated
like bracing portrayals
of grouchy households


redacted by black
splash splashes
where caring is scarce
randomly and in tandem
with tap water lapping
after flowing backwards
into zero gravity...