"A Difficult Task"...

" A Difficult Task "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A difficult task as a grand slam
while tap dancing with love taps

like playing taps
well into the hereafter
by saggingly giving taps
over-the-shoulder
with dangling straps

having been stretched
to the max stratospherically
speaking closed for the season

tinsel and wreathes
sparkling balls dropping
relishing New Year's Eve...

"Downloads Taking Over"...

" Downloads Taking Over "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Downloads taking over
on the down low
as fall out

from formats
for tracking
digital sales

like catastrophic
in-store staff
known in advance

towards ever
over-expansion
from perilous elsewheres

of malwares cycling past
wreaking havoc
exhausted demand...

"Insignificant Bits"...

" Insignificant Bits "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Insignificant bits
of mobilely digital
from hundreds
of millions
of has-beens

denied access
by multinationals
causing damage
to simulcast
enforcement actions

as citizens' data streams
are breached
by hardcore safe-harbor agreements
aka exploitive capabilities...

" Into First "...

" Into First "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Into first
two fold
catch
and
run

in pursuit
angling
to move

over
and
through
the
unsuitable
into newness

without losing
the pursuit
of helpful clues

being unaccused
like a push-and-pull
maneuver all by rule...

" Long Dormant "...

" Long Dormant "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Long dormant
still important
unwavering support
as stalwart
storied discourses
strongly re-enforced
as silver-gray manes
in tangible ways
never far away...

"Getting Back"...

" Getting Back "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Getting back
like white and black
seen through raggedy
radical walls and doors

still persisting
in corners
like silk strands
in good standing

versus commanders-in-chiefs
being asked to leave
as double amputees
blasted from underneath

while emphasizing piety
mutually darkened by flight
extremely hard to decipher...

"End-Stage Perturbations"...

" End-Stage Perturbations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

End-stage
perturbations
clutching hearts
outstretched arms
parental pathology

perpetual steps
as hard as it gets
lifting up heads
to the heavens

in anguished gestures
expressed within a semblance
of veterans bedecked
in vestments for storytellers

disseminating
"wheres" and "whens"
plodding in the flesh
fingers clenched
bowed heads...

"Those Who Fret"...

" Those Who Fret "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Those who fret
over fanciful presents
being tracked annually
beginning with partridges
in pear trees tongue-in-cheek

declining in energy
like the current economy
while shipping
swans-a-swimming
via e-commerce

with a full complement
of barnyards
for trumpeter swans
as celebrated
in commodity cards

harking holiday lotteries
starkly tallied
like cold hard facts...

"A Sharp Turning Point"...

" A Sharp Turning Point "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A sharp turning point
taking a tumble into a slump
still struggling
feeling under the gun
needing to do something
like plunking
down freshened-up
numbers
but not giving up
while getting
out from under
as a runner up...

"Asking Not to Be Named"...

" Asking Not to Be Named "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Asking not
to be named
in a failed
extrapolation
of a travailing
added detail
via a rail
for the well-
enhanced
advancement
of a transforming
state of play
finally giving way...

"Doubts and Concerns"...

" Doubts and Concerns "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Doubts and concerns
memory delayed
while entering the fray
with consolidation

being privately named
as the best way
to partial deregulation

by forcing waves
of estimated data
via integration
all the same...

"Cracking Wise"...

" Cracking Wise "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cracking wise
eternally wagging
much-beloved bitten tongues

ventriloquistically
speaking
without thinking

while looking within
makeshift clenched fists
of existential conditions

at a minimum
of targetted
clenched hearts...

"Naïve Delight"...

" Naïve Delight "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Naïve delight
ever-more
intimacy

enduring imagery
invisible armory
cold to the ear

shadowy whisperings
ebbing away
stretched phrases

walking naked
past jokey scarecrows
destinies unknown all alone...

"A String Had Been Pulled"...

" A String Had Been Pulled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A string had been pulled
as henpecked
slithery fishes that hurt
having returned
to a cock-a-doodle-do
made brutal by boomingly
swapping the unusual
emotional murk
of an off-color world
with the eerily uncertain
and occasionally obscure
left unheard...

" A Moving Depiction "...

" A Moving Depiction "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A moving
depiction
conflicted
and suffering

sorely tried
longstanding
over scaled daily

plaintively dismayed
by unmistakable
hand waving

rarely translated
into monumentally
gray matchmaking

quicksilver changes
symbolically levitating
with a weary but steady gate...

"Playthings"...

" Playthings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Playthings
into containers
home refreshers
for the holidays
key updates

room arrangements
dedicated
to messy play
get creative

head-to-head
arrangements
don't ignore age

unique shapes
over the decades
turning shades

peeling curling
captivating
exfoliating lace...

"From the Extension"..,

" From the Extension "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From the extension
of warm spells
before holiday guests

not having settled
while sharing friends'
added dimensions

at the newly complementary
entrances of added accessories
between walls and ceilings
of rich interiors

yet cutting down
on the clutter
being labeled
by color...

"Largely Out of Concern"...

" Largely Out of Concern "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Largely out
of concern
for everything
turn turn turn

all-stirred-up occurrences
on alert crucial to work
like grimy truths
in a fog of rumor

voices swooping
collegial moods
of a star chanteuse
wrongly accused

quivering nervously
dozens of people
hurled by high winds
down a hill hard hit

speaking from balconies
messages of mercy
under heavy scrutiny
surging queries
new menus weekly...

"So Close and Yet So Far"...

" So Close and Yet So Far "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

So close and yet so far
astonishingly charged
swiftly and convincingly
stepping into the middle
of the picture

after clinching an ugly win
in a comeback victory
by record-setting rookies

growing visibly
blossoming into hardly
the biggest thing
as yet to be seen
reclaiming overall leads...

"In Shadows and Whispers"...

" In Shadows and Whispers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In shadows and whispers
not always convincing
nor exquisite

like sarcasm and bitterness
turned wispy
via triangulating protagonists

crafting pillars of sound
harkening back
to the fanciful

in increasing shares
of risk awareness
at a greater clip

for recessional tips
as probabilities
of societal insignificance
all in conflicting pictures...

"The Complete Cycle"...

" The Complete Cycle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The complete cycle
to a sold-out night
of an ordinary life

like fine lines
becoming ritualized
just in time

as the velvety kind
of the sublime
rightly surprising

subconscious minds
lying between styles
with a reliance

on the solely implied
issued entirely
from on high...

"Or Not So Normal"...

" Or Not So Normal "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Or not so normal
joined forces
dreamy and distraught

at the all-important
water's edge
as an innate sense
of suggestive depths
above all else

like peculiar architectures
thumbs outstretched
discrepantly asymmetrical tiers

oddly specific
entirely believable
eavesdropping seers...

"Was Sensational Then"...

" Was Sensational Then "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Was sensational then
astonishingly stretched
taut all too modestly
in a long black box
of invisible armor

having fought through
what might be left
of a bouncer-cum-shepherd

entirely bereft of friends
via ironic trajectories
never digging deeply
into the ether
yet living without need...

"With Emotions in Tow"

" With Emotions in Tow"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With emotions in tow
heart and soul
abilities to see both

constantly evoking
familial tones
like spontaneously
written love notes

as front-page tableaus
with overtones
of "painfully so"

being cloaked
by tokens of hope
in ordinary black clothes

the least of the macho
panama or bowler
worn solely as jokes

like modest interventions
of identity papers
liberties out of place

putting on faces
half-awake
self-containment...

" New Reason "...

" New Reason "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

New reason
ebullience
of sprit

multi-hued
destinies
indelibly
rousing

tens of thousands
promptly founded
over-the-counter

depicted
dusted-
off vintage

demonstrated
by lifting flashing
flips and spins

properly
swooning
including
recruitment

statistically
hovering
becoming
flooding

gestures
all around
them

as storytelling
weekly
or even monthly

while clutching
consensus numbers
from studied effects
without question

brilliant dynamics
sung with attack
words sentences
grammar left in tact

as factually
collaborative
skewed reality

rivetingly truthful
accrued thesis work
of a star chanteuse

dipping and soaring
makeshift memorials
growing smaller

turning to joy
immemorial
gathering
to mourn

inventoried
letters and drawings
roof-raising force
movingly careworn...

"No Longer Quite Sure"...

" No Longer Quite Sure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

No longer quite sure
worrying compulsively
nudged by memories
on one end of a battery
transmitted continuously
like trios from genies, "Psst!"...

"As It Turns Out"...

" As It Turns Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As it turns out
more so now
deep foundations
of half designation
like pentagonal shapes
drawn by patrons

semi staged
taking place
along the edges
of sword-
shaped aprons

like light sabers
fluorescing
in murky caves
eyes remaining
fixated on quaking
hair-trigger domains...

"Having Gone Wobbly"...

" Having Gone Wobbly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Having gone wobbly
into a labyrinthine plot
or not
as steps beyond
the cusps of drama
ethereal and shocking
like the most
astonishingly
rivitting subconscious
down serpentine blocks
of, "Do No Harm" patently
or not...

"Looking Within "

" Looking Within "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A look within
clad entirely in black
all across action tracks

tracing clear paths
of actual unravelings
straight toward
unsurpassed sanity

rattled off by luxury casts
vicariously pushing past
labyrinthally challenging
hand-over-hand upon demand...

"Surprisingly Short"...

" Surprisingly Short "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Surprisingly short
on drama
relying partly
on the curiously
unwanted

rough cuts
becoming
all cleared up
by exuberantly
earth stomping

in between honoring
the past and accepting progress
while watching somewhat
shticky comedies all for solace...

"Often Spoken Of"...

" Often Spoken Of "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Often spoken of
as a sole soloist
twinklingly
walking kneeling
and bending
with pleasurable
tenderness
in a land of plenty

contrasted by angry masks
of tabloid subject matter
feeling gobsmacked
by unsubstantiated
rat-a-tatted candor
al in a harsh glare...

"With an Accent on Playfulness"..

"With an Accent on Playfulness"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With an accent
on playfulness
shaded by calm wit

while going the distance
with all kinds
of well-listened sonics

as scene as
works in progress
for marvels

swooping and scooping
over nearly two
octaves of artful preciosity

out of bold staccatos
being jokingly notated
by connective dots
under slur markings...

" The Much-Beloved"...

" The Much-Beloved "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The much-beloved
swooningly beautiful
creative journeys
becoming flooded
with purposeful
uncertainties
turn-by-turn

like kinder gentler
provocateurs all stirred up
welling up ahead of the curve
via global monologues
expressed cum-cantata...

"On the Tip"...

" On the Tip "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the tip
of conventional wisdom
in ways reminiscent
of last-minute decisions

coming to fruition
in the spirits of the originals
skillfully spun by unpredictability
into intrinsical vividness

with the deliberateness
of a depth of feeling
while reeling
without thinking of fleeing
our familial bloodstreams...

" Either Visionary or Confounding"...

"Either Visionary
or Confounding"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Either visionary
or confounding
neither naughty nor nice
on a Holy Holy Night

intentionally
ghostlike top-tier
St. Nick curiosities
like snowflakes
ornaments and trees

replete with green-
house spheres
pre-crafted proudly

between a snow-suited pitchman
and a top-hatted
snowman

described as
celebratory wears
all in a corkscrew stance...

"Plush Sound"...

" Plush Sound "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Plush sound and an alluring
presence as sung in couplets

settling into a groove
with ever-reaching
themes of tranquility
coolly and silkily conceived
enigmatically striking

sleeveless and shear
savior-like figures
in triumphal white
taking flight
virtual or otherwise...

"A First at Last"...

" A First at Last "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A first at last
both lithe and lavish
yet still grappling
with the frail panache
of plucked plumes on caps

as sentimental and saccharine
shaggily kinetic powers
singing backup
with infectious sadness

while chucklingly
letting down hair
all in a mad dash...

"Mixing Whimsy with Grandeur"...

"Mixing Whimsy with Grandeur"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Mixing whimsy with grandeur
before it all began
remembering exactly
chasing after kerchiefs and hats

in stark contrast
to flimsy veils and harem pants
for supporting casts
as a nod to the classics

during battles of the bands
being accompanied by dancers
at once bombastic
and way too demanding...

"Walking Along the Gritty"...

" Walking Along the Gritty "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Walking along the gritty
in shell-toe sneakers
eerily morphing
prompted by thawing
at nightfall

dearths of churches
dilapidated brick
sagging row houses
intrepid travelers

stone tablets
back channels
tobacco plants
rising demand

cigar enthusiasts
rolling factories
clap-board shanties
splintered pasts...

"Reality Is Overrated"...

" Reality Is Overrated "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Reality is overrated
fired and replaced
by groovy oomphs
as signature apostrophes
in front of pierced ears

hardly above coming up
with puns with some gusto
while nimbly jumping
in precision cuts
super ceding judgment...

"Pungent Whiffs"...

" Pungent Whiffs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pungent whiffs
from letters you dig
etched lightly
as streetwise
fictional guises
blurred by chalk lines
stride for stride
with light sabers
viewed inside
out and sideways
newsreel-style sci-fi
in flickering light...

"Rethinking Hierarchies"...

" Rethinking Hierarchies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rethinking
hierarchies
segregated
by department
unlearning, "What?"

opening
on Sunday
with skinny
ties tossed aside
by intelligent design

newly less siloed
up one flight
ranging
greatly
in time

less organized
to be precise
being guided
by mood rings

under
revision
as foul-
mouthed
sincerity...

"Multi-Layered Celebrations"...

" Multi-Layered Celebrations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Multi-layered
celebrations
like over-
reliance
on bowl-
scrapers
by bakers

sighing
no more
while
twisting
and
shouting
in coming
attractions
with
powerful
impacts

like culinary
practices
of frenzied
winking
sprinkles
whiffing
of vanilla
in lip-
smacking
rhythms...

"Exactly How"...

" Exactly How "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Exactly how
abruptly
shut down
cowering
in the back

you just
can't imagine
masses in
the middle
of a massacre

spreading
insidiously
on average
raising howls
of outrage

still fragile
mandated
tracking
running
the gambit

as veggie
patties
in battered
brown bags
carried
by activists...

"Gone Whimsical"...

" Gone Whimsical "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Gone whimsical
mainly vintage
like cocktail mixers

from first blush
fresh shrimp
still jumping

shellfish
cracker and bib
silver picks

customary
sustenance
for the hunt

hunks
of swordfish
on the griddle

rings of meringue
carrot purée
sweet cake...

"Mordantly Wacky"...

" Mordantly Wacky "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Mordantly wacky
show and tell

warp and weft
wax and wane
fore and aft

rigor and glamour
pieced and paired
sleight of hand

curvy shafts
chutes and ladders
salvaged cigar bands

graffiti tags
attention spans
swapped at random...

"Years Turned on End"...

" Years Turned on End "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Years turned on end
like nothing else
as storytellers'
frequently asked questions

like "What comes next?"
upon begging to yell
rather than paying attention

expressed as, " What the?!"
as perfunctory comeuppance
for avuncular grunting
and grumbling...

"On All Sides"...

" On All Sides "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On all sides
of the very-much alike
both fun and kind

like the very-nice
restarting life
every sunrise

in the spotlight
emitting rays
streaming ricochetting...

"Back Stories"...

" Back Stories "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Back stories becoming lost
in maelstroms as ancillary
handfuls of willy-nilly

here's to their's
during vertiginous
leanings over railings
of "now what's"

bringing real
or imagined
castaway panic
like crinkly wrappers

stripped from the annals
of automats being bizarrely
inked as white-napkin graffiti...

"After the Swap"...

" After the Swap "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

After the swap
stunned to discover
higher and faster
pivotal moments
from plutonium

as maybe-allowed
pronouncements
like, "Gone Fishing
for All Kinds of Things"

upon release
called, "proximity"
for fairly significant
indirect hits

while on missions
for critical reconnaissance
having gone well beyond
both hard and soft targets...