Saturday, May 31, 2014

No One Asked

" No One Asked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

No one asked
unabashedly
rehashed
like pasts recast
with abandon

remastered
with fairy-tale
enchantment
while living
with pedantically
practical songs
and dances

hopelessly schematic
chrome-like sheens
eclipsed by knife-
wielding pixies
of anarchy

making tremendous sense
headlining as barely legible squelchers
moony eyed and sweet faced
being restrained by glossy leggings
and a white bustier
pitted against capacious fate
equated to exalted hard-cooked eggs
coated in mayonnaise...

Friday, May 30, 2014

Posing Risks

" Posing Risks "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Posing risks
according
to intelligence

since linked
to reviews
shot into the atmosphere

at full throttle
as tags on carbon
by capturing byproducts

of an increasingly popular
jihad on cleaner technology
with warning shots

underscoring warming
over the course
easier ruled than done

like fare dodgers
for the long forgotten
hobnobbing in hobbled landmarks

of failed expansions
passed off on sale
on the whole like long long ago...

Murkier Missions

" Murkier Missions "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Murkier missions
unofficial waiting lists
raised allegations

ominous combinations
squarely taking aim
still smelling
of fresh paint
and newly-
manipulated
fake data

of the medically debatable
with unfortified bases
of metaphoric graveyards
embodying once-pure hearts

knocked silly
by timeout signals
for out-dated crises
of various stripes
for peace and quiet

in white-knuckled scenes
while sipping
slightly cheeky
iced slurpees
on opening night

premiering as wannabes
portrayed as only part-way
incarnate bluntly phrased
unconventionally orchestrated
as hoards of loiterers hang
in the park well after dark...

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Right on the Surface

" Right on the Surface "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Right on the surface
keeping it breezy
minimalistically
almost wholly
overblown
by emotion

in runaway hits
slightly less
farfetched
as founders
of festivals
for elders
and ancestors

in deep appreciation
of aging and death
far from mournful
when given voice

long drawn before
unapplauding audiences
coming to fruition
with looping repeats
over the seasons

endearingly out of sequence
experiencing weaknesses
of bedraggled fantasies
being played down
gone way out
of character

having been collected
as vignettes of muscle memory
out of context rasping and hollering
during doddering monologues

together then apart
engaging to watch
like rhapsodic throngs
pulse poundingly
preposterous
piercingly harmonic
plaintively melodic
bravely unresolved...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Once the Bane Suddenly the Rage

" Once the Bane Suddenly the Rage "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rejecting a rigidly
limited interest
for scripted scrambles

like mudslides
used to stem blights
block by block

concerning harsh
courts barred
from multidimensional
unwarranted
problems in throngs

overwhelming majorities
in unfounded entourages
wearing yacht-sized wristwatches
shaped by proxy on faraway stages
of former aides while reining in data

like I.Q. rules
for executioners
admonishing
their religious duties
having been stymied
by leviathans
of content providers
at double-digit prices

sapped morale
sitting fallow
after a collapse
simple sour
cold smoked
slowly fermented
lemon-scented
re-invention

jolted together
like leveraged
adversaries
purveying strength
once the bane
suddenly the rage...

Untold Heartache

" Untold Heartache "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Untold heartache
distinguished chairs
pivotally handpicked
homegrown commandos

having never met
their perspectives
regulating webs
denied access

to applied lessons of ethics
in boxed sets of ponderous identities
minus momentum at years' end
playing well together

with skepticism itself
abetted by heritage
recruiting environmentally
friendly help

without getting stuck on itself
covered in hundreds of suckers
losing their punch galumphing
under non-targetted drugs

that malfunction
as starbursts of the month
during current studies
of puzzled deductions

done from reconstructed impulses
with skewed results
welcoming the newly discovered
waiting for names still in use today
pre-cradle to pre-grave...

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Everything But Silence

" Everything But Silence "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Everything but silence
as slightly unreal
people creatures and spirits

becoming unusually precise
while sitting, strolling
and lollying about

couched in innuendo
paired overhead
roughly sketched

like pain and pleasure
thick with references altogether disconnected by intention

in linear sequences as of yesterday
conceptually unobjective
among the senses

minus ineffectual pretext
vastly preferential
nonetheless

as unmentionableness
between ourselves
preserved for posterity

like candle snuffers
and the sand glasses
of our forebears

with scrappy portraits of family
calmly in command
quietly overlapping in passages...

Monday, May 26, 2014

An Intellectual Provocation

" An Intellectual Provocation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An intellectual provocation
rethinking nature
by using decoys and weather vanes
that don't faze tiered skyscrapers

childlike styles postcard sized
menageries of the meek and mild
circling as satellites
for the idiosyncratically magic

enchantingly transparent
diagrammatically dense sketches
in colored pencil
of what was back then

aesthetically compelling
potential inherent
as ever-present
howevers now and again...

Sunday, May 25, 2014

From Multiple Angles

" From Multiple Angles "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From multiple angles
of longtime collaborations
befitting a grand glance backwards
at photographic fragments

stripped from context
intuitively denuded
of props and costumes
spouting prophetic advice
each in their own meanwhile

by all means necessary
while undertaking
wake-up calls
in multi-sequel installments

giving way to a more
slapdash mix
culminating in shapeshifting
slapstick gimmickry
without winking

at never-really grisly
hand-wringing
during hair-raising
mosh pit capers

as loosely fluctuating
sound plays
bequeathed to museums
having never been scened
until only recently received
after looking up from grieving...

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Wrangling in Remakes

" Wrangling in Remakes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Competing visions
already forgotten
in bad lots
from top to bottom

cutting jobs
second largest
with team mascots
in full costume

boggly eyeballs
overly polite
pop-up icons
on slim-line laptops

slipping on promises
once-proud
weakened by edgy
balance sheets

where posh sheep
are more abundant
than people
grazing amid tears

on silly screens
of the largely-serious
A-Listers like semi-mythic
pirates and musketeers

with little collective sensitivity
desperately needed
while lighting up screens
offered up with generosity

that could not possibly
require restraints
for jailbirds and angels
shackled and chained

excavated misshapen
permutations unable
to escape disdain
negotiations underway

with anonymous patrons
of current states after wrangling
in remakes excoriated
by mussed-up eye makeup...

Friday, May 23, 2014

Seeking Balance Blood and Ballots

" Seeking Balance Blood and Ballots "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seeking balance
feeling downtrodden
and dragged out

being overshadowed
by big shots bubbling up
saying nothing

undiscovered as groan ups
of outpoured down poors
with hanks of horse hair

fashioned into lamps
both dimmable and programmable
while suspended in pigtails

for multitaskers
shaped by hand
resting in backless chairs

after hitting snags
with rival fashions
blood and ballots

banned gatherings
having gotten the message
of learning far less...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

What's Next?

" What's Next? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

What's next?
both sides
alongside
an oversized
amenity-wise
hi-rise

facially unrecognized
while teetering
on a high wire
of invaded privacy

gone pirated by crises
simply put: staying on script
coursing along retaining
and reusing data as fair game

never forgetting a face
skewed in pain in admiration
of disruptively contemplated
innovation as downright strange

downloads underway
like mitigating unsustainable
stagnation at cut rates
of over inflation on graduation day...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Cheating Death

" Cheating Death "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cheating death
the most directly
in the presence
of neither cruel
nor the unusual

Imposing life sentences
fraught with clemency
becoming leniently clear
in rumor mills
built by highly unreliable
eye-witnesses

while racing officials
permit equine nasal strips
and the Met signals
building bigger modern wings

as companies simultaneously
in fact are harshly cutting back
on child leave and taking the time
to care for ailing parents

replete with the complicitly unique
truly encyclopedic
kept unannounced 'til recently
along with the near impossibilities
of far-flung certainties

voluminously unreported
as acknowledgements
of shortcomings
gaining little attention
evoking plenty
of the best of intentions

upping the ante
during downplays
as showcases
of gutsy renovations
upping the stakes...







Sent from my iPhone

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Hackled by Non-Standard Non-Answers

"Hackled by
Non-Standard
Non-Answers'

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Expanded clout
tilted power
newest rounds
in jeopardy
from thumb
to pinkie
beneath
glass ceilings

being nailed
by brash
attaboy
hashtags
while hemor-
raging cash

astutely acute
versus clueless
echoey boomingly
diffused acoustics

graphically demanding damages
while miming doe-eyed go-getters
manically snapping suspender
straps with quirky detachment
torn between factions
hackled by non-standard non-answers no questions asked...

Monday, May 19, 2014

Shortfalls Versus Curtain Calls

" Shortfalls Versus Curtain Calls "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Mulling over the feel
of a shared reveal
ending with pleas
for greater privacy

coming to the fore
of a lifelong
cheer on
by supporters
given over
to a soloist
like the lone
figures of old

notes slowly
juxtaposing
historically loaded
nimble duos
while loping over
a magnum opus
vigorously intoning:
"Let's get the show
on the road!"

as plots diverge
from hardship
and characters
portray malleably
soft-hearted
lead parts

having been
downplayed
over decades
offered as shortfalls
versus curtain calls
gadgets versus eyeballs...

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Fields of Genes

" Fields of Genes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Big-eyed waifs
communicated
as resurrected
twin models
of immensity

incised by air-
liners diagonally
tilting contagions
of outsized flames

collapsed towers
ground into powder
peace out
harvested
fields of genes...

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Out of the Blue

" Out of the Blue "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Still unsurpassed
thicker around the jowls
more or less out
of the blue
as absolute root
causes
scarred on the margins
unspooling melancholy
layered in gnarly lineups
like flinty overdrive
by bonfire light
beneath spellbindingly
cerulean skies
blotted out
by feverish
anguishes
derangingly
complacent pathos
doomsday
plane as day
void of consolation
teetering weepy
acutely aggrieved
bereft of reason
inconceivable conceit
seemingly beaten
transformatively
forward thinking
like panoplies
of public speakers
relaying their tender
levelheadedness
evoking lucid
remembrances
evoking definitively
redemptive
feelings of families
as a nation
again and again...

Friday, May 16, 2014

Re-Enforced Departure Points

" Re-Enforced Departure Points "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Re-enforced departure points
perpetually recalibrating
2983 engraved names
likened to tectonic plates
crumpling and buckling
empowering towering mountains
excavating widening basins
halting faults
as re-enforced departure points...

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Horizontal Rains

" Horizontal Rains "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Horizontal rains
propulsively calibrated
reverbiating thwacks
buzzing gusts
erupting on a hunch
of pure percussion

like syncopated kink kick drums
becoming undone
as inundations fall upfront
brusquely and clunkily

new dousing lineups
marching clad
in pleated plaid
playing piping
inflated bags
for clans
adorned
with feathered caps
held together
by leather chin straps

tasseled firefighters swagger
criss-crossing at right angles
while horizontal rains
pour on parades

buttoned-up spats
make spectacular splashes
spectators commandingly clap
in teeming passages
after wading up to their ankles

spiked Highlander plumes
unfortuitously droop
and collapse in a flukily
fiery deluge...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Like Socialite Spiders

" Like Socialite Spiders "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Like socialite spiders
for the much-maligned
old lady that swallowed a fly
I don't know why
she swallowed a fly

clicking on icons
mimicking twinkly-eyed
telescoping night skies
during trying times
of the highly dissatisfied

having been riled
between and behind
underlying layers of iodine-like
personality types

kissed off pissed off
beneath parasitic sprigs
of white-berried twigs
as is the tradition

begging to differ
after first glimpses
of predispositions
towards the somewhat rigid

stable versus conflicted
in synch with the horrific ubiquity
of Chicken Littles--
Well shiver me timbers!

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Variably Cloudy

" Variably Cloudy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Variably cloudy
mounting fears
spiritedly appealed

stone faced
head to toe
over insurgencies

bunglingly lethal
left writhing
after singing out too loudly

over stripping the physics
of screeching instability
losing ice sheets during rising high C's

spiking like crises
kept alive in scrubby plights
blighted by denial

whittled down
to the stiffest
defensive principles

with propensities to hit
within thickening mists
minus the alacrity of victory

eye-catchingly straining
while twitching violently
behind home plate

in neatly aligned ringside seats
in a finely cut diamond
barred for life...

Oxymoronic Heirs

" Oxymoronic Heirs"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The less
seems
like more
or less
now and then

as stage-fright lessons
like quirkier developments
replete with pre-texts

like sad sacks
in the first act
for toetappers

hoofing it
all over the map
like site gags

inspired by
one-liners
time lapsed

as the crow flies
over love triangles
being pirated of privacy

by killing time
sorely needing stream-
lining however dry

on the upswing
while showboating
and scene stealing

simply by switching
into rehashings
of history

unimpeachably nodding
off to sleep
with a syrupy blink

lacking in equilibrium
disarmingly relaxed
engrossingly over reacting

to the happily-ever-afters
of oxymoronic heirs
on the morning after

with total abandon
having been head-
butted by linebackers...

Monday, May 12, 2014

The Afterimage

" The Afterimage "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The afterimage
wore a rabbit's mask
while lying down
with a traveler
in dark pants

quashing the chatter
raising legs in the air
bafflingly vapid

as pre-show banter
to the title track
of a pulsating magma

as the natteringly fragile
divert their glances
in slightly embarrassing
closely packed living standards

bleakly hilarious clued in
couch bound
all-the-more re-imagined

seeming to share
the unglamorously supernatural
bending to current fashion

planned by grand design
by crack private eyes
while grinding on a chorus line

on the flip side of an argyle
knee high as the name implies
trying to shed light
on the scenery provided
below the hemline...

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Fueling Food Retooling

" Fueling Food Retooling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fueling food retooling
by vigorously limiting empty calories
under scorching suns after signing up
for sugar rushes being burned up

hinging on withering muscles
becoming too hard to eat moderately
as start-ups locked up
in poor-nutrition allotments

dimming budding skinny-belinks
arduously nibbling on
despite being targetted round the clock
by consummate caloric repositories

blown apart in nocturnes
deftly deposited by gobblers
getting wrist-slapped
and tersely rattled by the harsh
calls-and-responses
of the calorically unconscious

whimsically blowing Double-Bubbles
as sweet-pink prolificacies
replete with virtuosic
chewing harmonies

swallowing, sabotaged
by running gags in giddy plots
of junk-good artifice
while twits and blowhards
deploy their droll charms
satirically weight watching

cast as bewigged clods
with maladjusted postures
having devoured far
too many pulpy novels
while cheating at cards

coming out with their hands up
with Big Sugars and such
when obesity rates
are put on layaway
contraindicated by playing
down the down payments
with the anonymity of shame

as big-body head shots gone viral
surprisingly and not
like high-carb by products
cut down to size
by red dyes aisle-buy-aisle...

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Shadowy Imprecision

" Shadowy Imprecision "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shadowy imprecision
after banned aromatic
drafts of absinthe

as the dominant flotsam
of false starts
fresh out of costume

like discarded
sartorial memoirs
functionally uncommon

espousing toutings
as sumptuous satins
catching crumbs
in homunculus
cummerbunds

facing up
to pleats tucked
in with ticket stubs
warm and fuzzy

bronze sculptures
missing their pedestals
looking endemic
taking precedents
on stretchers
covered in gesso

for art-flipping collectors
lacking aesthetics
void of resonance
gone to excess...

Friday, May 9, 2014

Sunny-Day Floods

" Sunny-Day Floods "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ever-rising waters
as sunny-day floods
seeping under scrutiny

pleasing no one
on massive scales
users beware

seeking refuge
from disputed deluges
of saved big data

after urging delays
in the daze ahead
as water cannons
blast demands
" Don't ask! "

deliberately deactivated
during bold simplifications
of olden organizations

long bastions
of brittly briefed
moral matters

donning glamorous gowns
emboldened and angered
exploited mutations

unwelcomed embraces
recalled for safety
the hard way...

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Ivory Wicks Flickering Azure

" Ivory Wicks Flickering Azure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Making wishes
out loud
blown totally out
of character

as shouted accolades
gone flabbergasted
with idiomatic
drip patterns

squiggling
and squirming
around tallow turns
quieter and moodier
like blue-eyed half-lifes

while silently witnessing
the sublime intimacy
of lighted ivory wicks
flickering azure...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Yinning and Yanging

" Yinning and Yanging "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Now skipping across
awkward positions
of low-level risks
minus culpability
while signaling solemnity
meant to lend gravity
to frazzled razzle-dazzles

clinging to the far and fast
tooth and nail as maladapted
radioactive chiffchaffs
black caps, spiders 'n' bats
left yinning and yanging
after Big Bangs of Big Data

swimming backwards
simultaneously spinning
sticky spider's silk
in minor-key finales
succumbing to aftermaths
covertly in capitals blaring
" Hail to the Chief "

being played with pronounced
wicked streaks--see it, feel it, touch it
competitively shimmying
inevitably left floundering
ridiculously out of reach...

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Both Fair and Foul

" Both Fair and Fair "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Both fair and foul
during foreshortened chats
after shrinking away from laughter
when nagging questions
are left unanswered

staunched by flows of noxious gases
fomented like night sweats
vying for once-refined pastimes
for resistance fighters
at final hammer prices

leveraging infamy into the big time
quickly and be-dazzlingly
akin to overlapping stuck landings
parodied as stinging finalities
disquietingly saddened lamely aghast

like sultry gambles
during crammed last seconds
while floating
through the cool night air
with sword handles as foils
for torrid oughts
drawn against the ever-
present steely perspective...

Monday, May 5, 2014

Potboiler Worthy

" Potboiler Worthy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Potboiler worthy
down-'n'-dirty
re-contoured
for optimal firmness

non-retouched
like critics
in a pickle
of gossipy
activists

fashion packed
with implants
while living
with the paralysis
of a plushly
stunning colossus

with hand-picked locks
for non-responsive soirees
eyeballs switching
back-n-forth after categorically
being transported
through smashed window glass

broken for far too long
with drawbacks
and the possibility
of getting caught
under the edifice
of an eau de toilette

having been overwhelmed
by its slight scent
however essentially spritzed
into the oncoming wind
by a fragile grip
and blissfully little
olfactory recognition

relishing watching and listening
for habitual proclivities
toward swirling
short-stemmed snifters
in particular...

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Deliberately Absurdist

" Deliberately Absurdist "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Deliberately absurdist
former auteurs
running roughshod
under construction
from within mixing
the chaotic bits
of gritty memorabilia

archived like manuscripts
with punched-tin fronts
like genetic makeups
grinding away under grayingly
old-fashioned entertainment

combining reading and gaming
in this case of peppy variations
imaginatively recreated backstage
portrayed strangely
in the inner ear and out
of the corner of an eye

ingeniously devised
like simulcast heady lives
miraclized gone awry
inviting deviation
as saturatingly sweet
during a costume change
while on the wane
of the woofed
and the weaved

at odds with filigrees
waltzing brilliantly
with the out-of-body
being painted
on an open palm
twinkled and charmed
chaotically...

Saturday, May 3, 2014

True Impact

" True Impact "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

True impact
seeping into view
no need for sutures

igniting miscues
stymying an otherwise
powerful giant rival
at any price

while in the public eye
like white-jacketed night
spots for acerbically
provocative mixologists

notching up the noir
romping with conceptual artists
pre-occupied by avant-gardists

breath-taking heart stoppers
well beyond the endlessly possible
and unremarkably forgotten

being protected by a smock
beneath a prominent facade
of stained glass and acid-
etched copper

secreted away
without revealing names
like the tale of a nation
on opening day

in plain sight
neatly lettered
in juicy colors

succumbing to oblivion
inked in concentrically
crotchety bracingly punchy
adamantly opaque
gettings in the way

separately framed
cocked at an awkward angle
gone gaga

stacked with cheap products
lost our lease
doing exactly the same thing

deeply mourning
merely toying
underscored
by the caustically
desperate for more

to the point
as walls talking
of all the more
long before
much longer
best haunts

glamorous and swanky
just blocks away
well before gentrification
less than a year later

gone smart crazy
beyond explanation
strip layered
for old times' sake

stipulated all the same
considered naked
like personifications
of marble mosaics
now in place...

Friday, May 2, 2014

Never Mind

" Never Mind "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Never mind squeaking by
during changes of life
as parents simultaneously decline
setting their sights on the high
end of deadlined noncompliances

under undisputed guidelines
stuck standing by behind
road-blocked landslides
long since denied

as the legitimacy
of familial plurality
sidling down side paths
veering off the beaten track
amid animuses of abandonment

rearing up from the grim past
often raised privately
watching from the stands
cheering at rip-roaring matches

too weak to prepare
for a zealous chance
to grab the vice chair
as ragtag fans'
bugle blaring
fears of failure

shrieking 'round fields
on the verge of catastrophe
pulling hamstrings
getting scratched
while taking baths
in embattlements

roiling the ranks
planning to back
the frantic habits
of new camps

being Tasered prior to X-rays
in an execution chamber
unable to locate a viable vein
under public examination
minus debate

unregulated
poorly trained
clearly aggravated
as surfing habits
for catheters

stemming from sanctions
collected from the web
of contenders
pushing for credit
cardiac arrest...

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Seen as Immune

" Seen as Immune "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seen as immune
while becoming
accustomed
to the all-consuming,
" Nothing doing! "

like floating mezzanines
cantilevered over concrete
co-curated with great pains
born of, " love-hate "
for continuing generations

undertaking creating
uncanny sensations
in two takes
by bourbon-makers

with little-or-no waste
nowadays as health halos
predominate above saintly faces
fostering pious inner landscapes

intricately packed and crated
with more misses than hits
in visibly distorted mirrors
of funhouse experiences

indistinguishable
at greater distances
for futuristically
overlapping apparitions
with obligatory personality splits

while grappling
on common ground
for miles around
rambunctiously
tender to the touch
as such-n-suches
truncheon buzz cuts...