Ratings Bounces

" Ratings Bounces "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ratings bounces
slapping spoons
on the bottoms
of copper
pots and pans

"Who's been
eating my porridge?"
boiled in milk or water
as well-received
legume mealy
encores for Goldilocks

conked out
with comedic chops
in a backwoods
one-room cottage
with acne
glasses and braces

showing off full ranges
getting hammered pregame
while tailgating as a teenager
behaving like a wild lady
after swaggering
to the free-buffet table
for some personal favorites

becoming overheated
overly long and kitschy
while hitting the sweet spot
of hilarity with quicksilvery
mercurial qualities

unsettlingly vivid
yet garishly downcast
after getting lost
in the slag
achingly unmannered
like fractured fairy tales
just bearly there...