Increasing Go-To Roles

" Increasing Go-To Roles "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Increasing go-to roles
moreover and mostly
during dronings
of pent-up vocals
overtoned by olden
program notes

with the hoopla
of hula-hoops
and tutus
for fugitives

from gee-whizzingly
screaming mimis
aided by makeup and wigs
in deep-seated short pieces

invariably lip-synched
while splitting boundaries
of mercurial schemers
pounding on timpanis
during stand-up routines

like wide-eyed muggings
replete with sub-titlings
as part of rock-star treatments
from distant galaxies
of the long-forgotten
unctuously young

impressive results
built on trust
starting on Sundays
spinach anyone?
balloon-dog sculptures
mysterious mummies
engaging gallery hunts? ...

Brandishing a Torch

" Brandishing a Torch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Brandishing a torch
past portals
of diamond-paned
stained glass

the usual trappings
stretching to infinity
feeling cold and cavernous
contrasted by sandblasting
in equally spare sleeping areas

dressed in baggy T's
and frayed jeans
as viewed through
curiously circuitous
porthole windows

facing out while waving off baggers with twigs and branches
in terrariums as a business plan
for plantsmen taking their chances
starting from scratch
with prairie grasses
pressed against glass...

Inside Out

" Inside Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inside out
as interactively
foreshadowed
handouts

feeling expansive
like enlarged fragments
from sprigs of juicy apples

sharp as tacks
on cross-sectioned slabs
of obsolete tasks
real or imagined
back and forth
still raw

checklists and more
across cinder-blocked walls
tackling lucidity

austerely cerebral
ghostly leafless trees
whirligig beetles
steel-blue sheens
slow-moving steams

left swimming in a forest
its ruler is gone
once a snake charmer
that danced with starlings
and generations of robots

safeguarding
seemingly ominous
dark green larvae
starkly helmetted on fields...

Credible Portrayals

" Credible Portrayals "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Credible portrayals
as spit-firing enunciations
for scene-stealing genies

like creepy madcap MCs
over none-too-relaxing
daffy weeks of disequilibrium

from stintingly sluggish insensitivities
for bathing-suited beauties
strewn with thwarted acoustics

offering otherworldly leavening
generously embellished
when protected from predators
with secret successes
in cracks and crevices

winglessly scavenging
in microhabitats
of adaptation

wondering how they got their names
spittle-bugs frog-hoppers
frothy coverings protective colors

worldwide occurrences
patterning sculpturing
in conjunction with a nymph's burrow

hooded lace bugs in large numbers
huddling near glistening puddles
under the sun...

Purposeful Improv

" Purposeful Improv "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Purposeful improv
based on marvels
slipping into the fray
as cascading throwaways

somewhere south of cozy
in complete control
but only in the quieter moments
of all you need to know

after seeming to boast
about overgrowth
like dream zones
with mousy odors

ovate to lance-shaped
cardboard saints
in comfy slippers
penciled in at risk
of standing still in a remix
of, "Please! Please! Please!"

too painful to be healed
by ho-hum utopias
thrown over-the-shoulder
like mundanity at home

getting antsy
filling misspelled shopping lists
with insecure grins
dismissed as grim

feeling routine and thin
predictively shoehorned in
as a tough sort of gift
all in one sitting...

Roots and Shoots

" Roots and Shoots "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Roots and shoots
sending out starbursts
made out of toothpicks

speckled racers and kingsnakes
secretly carving their names
on slightly concave fertile scrapes

laying clutches of leathery eggs
in bush-bur sage terrain
and rocky ranges
of brown-chinned slate

sounding like a rattler
by vibrating its tail
against dead vegetation

violently biting and thrashing
grooved rear fangs
immobilized prey

dark stripes through the eyes
bellies uniformly white
skillful climbers


tipped with sharp spines
on rainy nights eating sirens
feeding on spiders

fast-moving agile
hissing striking
as black headcaps
extend downward
into corners of mouths...

A Bewildering Array

" A Bewildering Array "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A bewildering array
in the first place
on the first day

vaguely fractal shapes
deviating from strip frames
with swipes of paint
and smiley faces

breaking free of flatness
by buzzing around flowers
like bas-relief's budding bundlings
signaling bulging cantilevering

championing pioneering hierarchies
flagrantly chafing
under strong fragrances

bound by cables
encased in gallery spaces
of iffy reputations

replete with tawny fritillaries
after warily overwintering
neath hardy weeping willow trees

brimming with green fringings
cycling with grayish spines
and horns above the eyes...

Drawn in Oils of Cultural Dogmas

" Drawn in Oils of Cultural Dogmas "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Drawn in oils of cultural dogmas
fittingly in pockets of living with pop
and competing ideologies
as startlingly exotic ambitious projects

being kept off private properties
for assorted reasons as seen
as gestural abstractions in revered
stainless steel cathedrals

waiting patiently
with modest means
while posing on loans
of evocations of Spring

up-n-coming on high-end balconies
of magnates snapped up in advance
both excited and a bit scared

featuring self-portraiture
bearing straw drawn
with a black-n-white K9 in oils
of cultural dogmas...

Over a More Lasting Truce

" Over a More Lasting Truce "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Over a more lasting truce
after attesting to complexity
for adversaries as well as innocents

going house-to-house
as death tolls mount
unannounced and unaccountable

mounting peril and panic
as ineffectual ethics panels
fail to take to task villainous actions


"KABOOM!!!!"


"SPLAT!!!!"


bright orange Bog Coppers
prominent black spots
flying feebly

red lines underneath
mind's pictures
fragmented histories


methodically trolled beaches
slag heaps demolition debris
accumulated booty

endless minutiae
tweaked and deleted
hanging noticeably low

tiny windows
lacking cleanness
and clarity turned cloudy...

Discovering Sunken Treasure

" Discovering Sunken Treasure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Discovering sunken treasure
like little Killifish
olive above silvery below

in low oxygen
with increasing salinity
spawning
in shallow waters
just off shore

opening cell doors
of small enclosures
minus shackled legs
and pepper spray
for former inmates

absolved of serious
allegations
breeding clairvoyant
strains of DNA

presence absence
lacking in detail
published last
relentless scams
tackling spam

in unmanned landings
pouring over
taxidermied tails
while bomb lances
explode in whales

lending admittedly
administratively
dismantled
strands of mankind
without coming
up for air...