Shelves Lie Bare

" Shelves Lie Bare "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shelves lie bare
huge lines snaking
for subsidized pricing
barred overnight

black gold red ink
drones hovering
controversial
techniques
of increasing
scrutiny

finely tuned
heavy reliance
more than just
once or twice

grown dire
falling behind
housing crises

crinkle-fry
empires
of childhood

dipping
on the reliability
of lottery-driven
pockets in mixed-
income cities

bent on using fresh
ingredients
for desperate needs...

Worlds of Stillnesses

" Worlds of Stillnesses "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Worlds of stillnesses
as limpid simplicities
of luminous mobility

ravishing yellow-greens endlessly bending oddly and compellingly restless and inexplicably
pegged mystically as if by accident

merging as unvarnished truths
with ghostwritten memoirs
being tattooed while talking smack

in all genres of sole artistry
being likened to hard-granite authority best rendered
by flamboyant successes
best represented
by the poetic license
of a child's patinaed tricycle

parked beside boldly
foliaged crotons
and delicately tasseled
yellow-oak catkins out back...

Driven by Grievous Dread & Regret

" Driven by Grievous
Dread and Regret "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Driven by grievous dread and regret
encrypted with codes of clemency
montaged with the mayhem
of desperately shrunken remnants

bereft of palpable quests
for common sense
seeking benevolence in its stead
preternaturally alert and skeptical
at once specific and general

contents taken out of context
lacking voice-overs and talking heads
kept at a distance by portents
of cobwebbed terror

spinning into consistently
dominant oblivions
heads turning sharply side to side
ruefully costumed in tutus
unscrupulously voided of music...

Ushering In

" Ushering In "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ushering in
the most nimble
hurt-ling at high speed
equally kind and sweet

resolutely dancing
to a funk band
swirling with improvisation

commanding
as marathon sets
gain momentum

determined to create
revving rhythm sections
beginning with a sprint
echoing staccato picking

at a fevered pitch
of synchronicity
redolent of reconciliation
left as fingerprints
on spring-green neon leaves...

One of the Hottest

" One of the Hottest "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

One of the hottest
cygnets as yet on record
silently trumpeting troubles
bubbling up like sulphurous
hot springs in "Big Wonderful Wyoming" along with geysering
" Old Faithful " of Yellowstone
don't forget in Idaho
and Montana also

signed in by President
Ulysses S. Grant
after tabulating the remaining
nearly in-tact species
of mammals and plants
being actively labeled,
" endangered "
getting threatened
by anecdotal
population information

while cutthroat trout
flourish without
explanation
and quaking aspen
precipitously decline
on northern ranges
of far-flung climate changes
where hot prospects
geothermally gurgle up
in mud pots of slurry...

Broad Rulings

" Broad Rulings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Broad rulings
when, "No, No, No, No"
becomes, " Well, maybe "
as flat-footed global traders
raise index fingers
flashing "Número Uno"

versus wind-direction
detection with spit-wetted tips
mimicking vane victories
with indications of record-breaking
climate change unlikely to go away

along with hard-data compilations
of a greater clear-and-present danger
while painstakingly
looking the other way
across a ruinous landscape

both brooding and alienated
having slipped through lassos of truth
"Here we go loop-de-loop
Here we go loop-de-la
Here we go loop-de-loop
All on a Saturday night"...

In Visible Decay

" In Visible Decay "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In visible decay
sharp shoulders
jutting chins

replicated serviceably
lacking reasons for being
feeling flimsy

yet increasingly quaint
and far-less intimidating
like high-pitched twangs
from a hootenanny's golden age

transcended gracefully
by the thingamajigs
and whatchamacallits

morphing into remastered songs
amounting to much much more
jarringly jaunty eagerly performed

lying in store
drawn-up lists
of probabilities

as shoo-ins
live and on stage
undertaking

staggering
best-case
scenarios

while belting out
hit parades
spaced out

over decades
of estrangement
running in place

remaining
in limbo
perspiring greatly

fallaciously
preordained
crackling with rage...

Playing to a Packed House

" Playing to a Packed House "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Playing to a packed house
sold out
expressed a cappella

as seemingly secular
yet pious uprisings
of unrequited retro styles

like heroic one-night stands
while in exile, "Who was
that masked man?"

"Hi-Ho Silver, Away!"
giddy app
into a full gallop of "has beens"

shot like cherry-picked parodies
winning the ratings battle
via satellite--remotely tragic

wallowing in the nostalgia
of fake ads on large scales
backed by small bands

plus secret ballots
for counterbalance
replete with quick neck snaps

during a blankety-blank
game of "Hangman"
like child's play...

Under One Roof

" Under One Roof "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Under one roof
still doable
eco-friendly
plant stalks
wheat straw
sea grass

hail-damaged
reed thatch
in need of repair
cymbal crashes
unswerving plinks

sealing leaks
tar-paper
underlayment
pared-down
adaptations

stiffened fasteners
hammered out longhand
intimately personal matters
tumult amid shadows

furtively hovering
world-weary
widow's walk
gone wrong...

Forgotten Creators

" Forgotten Creators "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Forgotten creators
elevated by pain
of their own making
as simulations
of flagellation

rapidly batting lashes
waggish and weird
gazing upward plaintively
with medals on lapels

eye-popping specimens
marketplace settings
positively modern
tiny terra-cotta

smooth and tan
absurdly happy
polite atmospheres
of ceramics and glass

like fracking derricks
crossed with praying mantises
raised front legs swiveled heads
widespread skin shedded

desiccated vignettes
deftly sectioned stems
eerily prescient
centennial red letters

black oak and walnut secretaries
clocks on top
decorated with bone-carved stars
gleaming reddish orange
topped by barbs
sculpturally imparted...

Taken By Surprise

" Taken By Surprise "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taken by surprise
during volatile times
caught between
foresight and hindsight

as parent and child
milestone markers collide
from streets to galleries
devoting lives and the like
to affinities for parents and offspring

sharing wear and tear
simultaneously folding
and holding hands
as if in prayer and dance
provocatively linked
to flashbacks and forecasts

being scaled back
experiencing pushback
after attempting to expand
recoiling from daily demands

captured on camera
as teetering sacks
smelling of tobacco
smoke and incense
in a damaged
under-repair
chapel of prayer...

Primed Underground Sites

" Primed Underground Sites "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Primed underground sites
filled with multitudinous gag rules
Q-Clearances Secret
and Top-Secret hush-hush
equivalencies

discouraging browsing
granted mandatory access
to training and cash
listed as "under-priced
parcels for sale"

having been decommissioned
as scattered Atlases
bordering on panic
mimicking fortified castles

in preparation
for nuclear disasters
behind blast-proof
silo doors

weighing in
at thousands
of pounds
having been lead
down a 10-story
garden path
of reinforced
concrete and steel

gut wrenchingly clenching
mushroom knobs
freshly harvested
from " The Apocalypse "...

"Not Just Any Peace"

Not Just Any Peace

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not just any peace
of bite-sized frissons
packing wallops
as coup de grâce

with the sticking power
of patrician bonhomie
like smooth Skippy
on spongy slices of white

adhering to anterior
pink palates
of bony oral cavities
separating the nasal
with lidded jars of jams
brown bagged in advance

sipping on paper straws
of waxy cartons
having blown
paper sheathes
through your teeth
toward your neighbors' ears
at the cafeteria in between
studying reading
and playing at recess...

Adorned Anew

" Adorned Anew "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Adorned anew
slants of light
along lines of thought
during fourth quarters

heading towards OT
beginning with last-minute
winning decisions
upright splits of pigskins

spliced onto highlight reels
spiraling skyward
with lots of breathtaking leg

emanating like rainbows
of spectral waves
rhythmically lapping
via land water and air

cheering volumes
mobbing the field
cannoning confetti
caressing trophies

kissing polished
sterling silver
a la Tiffany

blacksmithed
spun chased
and engraved...

What's Up?

" What's Up? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

What's up?
Willing
to spruce up
bargain hunts

for flats and pads
marketed with time-
lapsed holograms
controlled by iPads
and android tablets
for future floor plans
with pool areas

situated upstairs
as s cast-iron
master bath
gone beyond spotless
obsessively cloroxed
formerly so-so
rent-controlled
co-ops
abutting non-stop
Stop-n-Shops

running adjacent
to an elevated garage
with 24-hour
valet-driven
video-surveiled
hi-end cars
alarms armed
nimble and nuanced
complimentary
car polishers

on the job
round the clock
ta-da
press start
filing suits
for failing to recall
faulty air bags
and defective
ignition switches
by the millions...

Amid the Frenzy

" Amid the Frenzy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Amid the frenzy
of the underbelly
at the behest
of walking texters

going "thud"
all abuzz
all thumbs
painted
in matching
nail colors

as opposed
to blue-tooth
street cred
versus
hitting the deck
tongue-in-cheek
LOL

just a little niftier
and somewhat wittier
not for nothing
writ impressively
floor-to-ceiling

body-positive bravado
mixed with martial arts
and hi-tech jargon
while wearing
light and lotion-like
masks that discreetly
boost low morale

after an amped-up
mandatory night-time
schmoozes
with the ooey-gooey
gloppy party-on-ers

farming out
hangover options
by donning IV drips
laced with magnesium
calcium B vitamins plus C
as cure alls for debauchery...

Uncomparable Lucidity

" Uncomparable Lucidity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Uncomparable lucidity
fitting snugly with delicacy
enliveningly insightful
ingenious and inspiring

with formidable
didgeridoos
as elegiac music
of otherworldly burrs

replete with unhurried
dusky subtleties
from miniature
masterpieces

coaxing large ranges
of colors and timbres
in whiffingly
melancholic
transcriptions

abruptly switching
to jiggling kings
swiveling hips
in bejeweled
jumpsuits
of gold lamé

while favoring
mirrored shades
in rotating
strobing stages

donning DA's
during Vegas days
ducking under
panties flung
from ecstatically
wailing panting fans
hand stamped,
" Return to Sender "...

May Never Be Classified

" May Never Be Classified "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

May never be classified
"hiding in plain sight"
while cyclonically spiraling
clockwise for a doe-eyed
humankind gesturing wildly

beside excavated razed sites
after winning first prize
for surface mining
in a coal-rich state
like "Big Wonderful Wyoming"
bearing two-toned
license plate slogans

embossed with seriffed
letters offset to the left
screened against
brown wooden fences
at the lower ends
of an ever-present
incandescence
at the tail end

for pretty much
each and everyone of us
in choppy and grainy
manipulated special layers
of the hard-to-take
climactic changes
well in the making...

Stoking Free Speech

" Stoking Free Speech "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stoking free speech
truth be told
while taking its toll

skewered and meted out
during crackdowns
on seemingly
circumstantial
meltdowns by hackers
for hire on line
as personal enterprises
vying for spying rites
like pokes in the eye
to our privacy as piracy

being weirded out
by technology geeks
like just-fine-and-dandy
mad hatters
through the looking glass
gazing vacuously
at fair-haired Alices

while mushrooms are scattered
haphazardly in the background
as smoking caterpillars
take hits and sit
atop accordion-pleated
jack-in-the-box lids

along with late rabbits
and rabid queens
hazily making the scene
ready to leap
when the lid springs
onto musical peaks

while wearing
stitched and patched
anomalous burlap bags
fashioned with the manual
dexterity of a tailor's hands
extraordinaire
in an ashen never-never land...

More Apocalyptic Fallout

" More Apocalyptic Fallout "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More apocalyptic fallout
as a catalyst
for looking back
at tender years
being screened
out of sequence
throughout history

made up of calligraphy
and images made out
of strums and blips
from left-handed talismans

gone on holiday
quick started
so far far away
in multiple madcap
romances gone bad

post shake-n-bake
back in the day
welcoming handshakes
round the dinner table

placemats
and cutlery
in place
over lace
saying grace
bowed faces,
"Let us pray!"

feigning salvation
on dessert trays
of crème brûlée
aka burnt
"Trinity" cream

whipped up
made easy
with simple
ingredients--
centers
will be jiggly...

It Takes Some Planning

" It Takes Some Planning "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It takes some planning
when ordered
to wear khakis daily
as nuclear families
become immersed
in the pressing tasks
of wearing store-
bought cotton pants

falling short
facing off
in squared off
Instagram
photographs
posted with the hopes
of convening
during three square meals

ritualistically querying,
"So, how was your day?"
shouting, "Say cheese!"
and "Spaghetti!" then yelling, "Come and Get It!"

using your best
etiquette
donning garish
wash-and-wear
generous synthetic
silhouettes
of camouflage-pattern
tent dresses

over permanent-pressed
khaki slacks with stretched-
out bands in direct
violation of high-waisted
fashion plates...

Go For It

" Go For It "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going for it
blowouts updos
going straight
down the middle
in breezy toppers
traversing the red carpet

spouting mantras
with moments of sparkle
sprayed on by Fairy Godmothers
waving magic wands

doing cartwheels in flip flops
feeling oh so chic
after doing anti-aging routines

having spring flings
in petal-pink hoodies
and hi-topped sneaks
as bell bottoms ring...

Avast Ye Hardies

" Avast Ye Hardies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Avast ye hardies
gone out to sea
sailing sailing
over the bounding main
exclaiming rovers'
favorite phrases,
" Ahoy mateys! "

in search
of pieces of eight
as ill-gotten gains
for peg legs
flying skull and cross bones
while free booting for doubloons

having gotten groggy
over galleons of the piratical
"Heave Ho! Yo Ho Ho!
Easy As She Goes!"

urgently surging
off from shore
as once-great
cave walls
look smaller
and smaller

heavily armored colossal intellectual properties
breached by highly classified
viral like materials

hanging in the balance
with de facto bat prowesses
typified by crinkly eyes
plus snowy white goatees

like competing colliders
hibernating worldwide
defined by arousal-torpor cycles
following fine old recipes
of seven sweets plus seven sours
plunked down all at once
smoking and steaming...

No Room to Grow

" No Room to Grow "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

No room to grow
into critical roles
fired into crystal globes

shaken up
with flakes of snow
to say nothing
of rolled snowmen

as high priorities
with eyes made out of coal
for happy jolly souls

below church bell
locations spouting
"holier-than-thou" slogans

depressing organ
pedals and keys
while choirs sing

beside high-kicking
chorus lines
biting corn-cob pipes

heavily breathing
through button-holes
in prosthetic nostrils
of blown noses

broomsticks in hand
running and playing
before they're violently
swept away into poorly-
maintained clogged
storm drains

having been kept at bay
during cascading heat waves
of uncontrolled climate change...

Bearing Gifts

" Bearing Gifts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Bearing gifts
looming large
courting favor
in fund raisers
of economic pain

dangling karats
in most cases
ripped away
as the string breaks

under the strain
of implications
like competing
payments
hidden under
kitchen tables

all around the nation
true for candidates
flirting with danger

"Be not afraid!"
while playing
Monopoly games
utterly unfazed

dice-driven irons
throwing snake eyes
soliciting hush money
upfront gone bankrupt,
" Well, I do declare! "...

Fresh Faced

" Fresh Faced "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fresh faced
clearly labeled
after coming of age

becoming frozen in space
watching movie trailer clichés
like ill-dated prey
never turning out
in quite the same way

deceptively alienating
profoundly draining
poltergeist bracelets
on ankles speed racing
down tightly packed pages
of credit entanglements

choosing hair and makeup
for acting engagements
from cafe to driveway

being pushed backstage
lacking in education
even in the most
perfect of places

while ferrying around lakes
feeling carbon dated
during acid rains
falling between
Memorial Day
and Labor Day
way way upstate...

Casually Deranged

" Casually Deranged "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Casually deranged
from unusual angles
further and faster

with vertiginous
perspectives
as very much
of a team effort

in unwieldy sheer amounts
and few redundancies
going main stream more sharply

leading into abstraction
like emphasized,
" It's high time! "

primarily by new hires
in striking passages
of civilized society

with tastings
and demonstrations
going on both night-n-day

as movers and shakers
way back in the day
being shocked away
while wondering out loud
about next Wednesday

getting upset
by the nonsensical
not getting enough credit

for nicely realized
false impressions
from artificial intelligence

imitated by first graders
announced on Thursday
as cherished works

going under detention
and interrogation
being redacted
after second grade
blaring music recalibrated...

For The Love

" For The Love "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

For the love
of glancing
toward the sun

with the glowing
hopes of getting
a raise from flaring
galvanic scatterings

having originated
in the gravitational
collapse of a massive
cloud when matter
gathered at the center

then flattened out
into the orbiting disk
of our solar system
within the Milky
Way's inner rim

rotating while converting
hydrogen into helium
releasing neutrinos zooming towards us earthlings

joyously received
via nurturing fields
of spiraling magnetic energy...

A Remodeled Version

" A Remodeled Version "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A remodeled version
awash in ad hoc
views of modernism

paying homage
to an auction block
of coincidentiality

like evenly spaced
colleagues and neighbors
portrayed in subterranean
mural paintings

as stylized seascapes
with the tides of life
yenning for lunar newness

from a pigeon-eyed
street perspective
across broken concrete

while playing realtime
video feeds of skylines
given over entirely
to the ceremonial sides
of everyday home life
as seen by warm lamp light...

In Transition

" In Transition "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Beings in transition
as " happily ever after "
becomes " now or never "

covertly being told
to " roll over
and play dead "

in order to best cope
with explosively predatorial
emotional overload

like coil-tailed marsupials
hunting for bugs snails and slugs
foraging beneath moonlit eves

rapidly collapsing when attacked
catatonically flopping
non-responsive to prodding

tongues extended
eyes staring fixedly ahead
until predators take their leave

reviving quickly ears wiggling
progressively sheltering
in well-insulated nests

birthing tiny offspring
tenuously crawling in and out
of protective pouches

firmly attaching to teats
then traveling by firmly grasping
onto their mother's backs

highly adapted as scavengers
generally gentle and passive
well after the danger passes...

Hacked Reality

" Hacked Reality "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hacked reality
with the naïve security
of a highfalutin not exactly

as spooky synchronicity
like leaked top secrets
under the guise
of keeping the peace

radiating sweetness posthumously
with bitterness
seeping past
sodden trappings

imparting blunt drum beats
like arythmic full-tilt
cardiac manic tickings

gone unmonitored
over the top
becoming stuffily opulent

steering clear
of sentimentality
and unbearable whimsy
under condition of anonymity
and confidentiality strictures

mercurially tedious
political posturings
deemed victim free
after abandoning
magical thinking

fleeing fearsomely
while pulling the strings
with no hint of ecstasy

as audiences
standing in masse
warmly smooth sounding
along fanciful spans
of swapped fairy tales..

Scrapping Plans

" Scrapping Plans "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scrapping plans
provoking
strong reactions
after being scaled back
to the less spectacular

yet extremely valuable
personal dynamics
from the quiver
of Cupid's arrows
while shouting,
" Woo-Hoo!!! "
upon impact
with abandon

after a targeted rematch
of narrowed shafts
for magnanimous
bows of accuracy

as pliant landings
shot through
candy-striped
hula hoops

while aiming heart high
dark blue over white
tumblers encrusted
with silver and gold

stamped and recast
blown into molds
glass protruding
through holes
of glowing
lamp globes
large bulging bubbles
of "blow-over"
tinted with rose

foremost exponents
of art nouveau
as scenic cameos
at the point of contact
pond lilies and grasses
trailing green...

Potent Symbols

" Potent Symbols "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Potent symbols
neither trickery
nor malice
as farcical reality

solely like
fantasy live
being greatly
influenced by
fears of firings

while self-funding studies
based on pure luck
bottoms up
on the up-and-up
double or nothing
left uncovered

becoming unhinged
by a finely tuned
rigged bidding system
full of back-stabbing
yet none of it literal

declarers ruffing
playing a trump
to dummy
leading a club
conceding
a ruff-and-sluff
the jig is up...

Something Akin

" Something Akin "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Something akin
in the vicinity
close in proximity

still infringing
loosely attributed
exquisite in miniature

intricacies deftly twisting
spiraling filigrees
listing separately

pressure and mystery
on the rise
especially troubling

possibilities
like threatening
fiery eruptions

put in harm's way
in fits and starts
like 2 billion
cubic yards of lava

effusively spewing out
in red-hot fountains
accompanied
by giant plumes of ash

as molten magma
cracks through barriers
causing vast floods
of deformation data

dense and harrowing
in between
bellows and shrieks

warped juddering
explosively playing
unaccompanied

all phrasing
and no melody
courageously
trailblazing...

The Rite to See

" The Rite to See "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The rite to see
all of our modes
of spiritual thinking

as deep curiosities
built on dignity
and in principle
of resting comfortably

attempting to be free
with our trust self-worth
and personal integrity
sleeping calmly
over a long history
of prolonged
life expectancies

after lagging behind haplessly
during opening chapters
of intense practicality
sifting and sorting
distinguishing peculiarities
of universal character

not unlike ready-made answers
of unmasked invisible realities
by taking over our unsatisfactory tasks as controversial matters
like the sexuality
of animals and plants

frequently overlapping
both during times
of plenty and scarcity
propagating philanthropy
rather than supernatural wrath

being dampened by finalities
of theological language
after battling nightmarish giants
diverted by angels of the mourning

appearing on gossamer wings
as throngs of benevolent
messengers coalescing
on streaming crepuscular rays
as a hallowed dawn breaks...

Close to Zero

" Close to Zero "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Close to zero
fading to gray
in key plays
of muted shades

like standard navy
for policy makers
ruled by glaring mistakes
and narrow escapes

on the outer flanks
of gaseous landscapes
from the meltwater of elsewhere
as chief indicators
escalating in non-linear ways
after making mission statements

more often to blame
for spontaneous mutations
sounding flippant to say,
" Gone well beyond expectations! "
while bemoaning randomness at play

undercutting reputations
by questioning the causation
of uncontrolled growth
provoking volcanic correlations
to mere approximations
when devastating
earthquakes take place...

Taking Up a Measure

" Taking Up a Measure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking up a measure
by paying last respects
to those being laid to rest

after taking standardized tests
as an assessment
of immeasurable intelligence

yet going on the defensive
by craning necks
and debating the merits
of single mindedness

in reams of self-taught
bedazzlingly pleasing selfies
like unexplainable brain waves
coursing over retainers

rounding out donations
solely on public grant making
becoming negated
by private foundations

strictly by invitation
when solicitation
brings greater fame
along with lessening acclaim...

Gazing Out

" Gazing Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Gazing out
preternaturally
spinning around
on a steam-powered
merry-go-round

seated on a bucking
putty-colored bunny
ears flopping
fur flying

as a heady profile
rotating clockwise
through strobing
white lights

swan benches gliding
bald eagles flying
ceramic palominos galloping
in cacophonous herds of horses

manically circling in rings
beneath behemoth big tops
tenting a flying trapeze
and hopping trained fleas

after exhaling forcefully
using hocus-locus
rollers and balls

unequivocally
tagging along
circling the wagons
with wooden nags...

Generous to a Fault

" Generous to a Fault "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Generous to a fault
paying homage
via soap opera proxies
as lingering feelings
within the beguilingly
soft-spoken dialogues
of bilingual compromising

while hoofing in well-adapted
ballet can-canning romantics
maintaining rhyming patterns
in loving passages
from back stories

good bad or middling
earthy gritty works
looking westward
eastward homeward
and inward

intensely personalized
versions of artworlders
blissfully squirm-free
ample gifts and abilities

receiving resources
well beyond the norm
shirting across
high-polished floors
of grand ballrooms

having been tiptoeing
since scratch
looking and thinking
convincingly
atop cutting-edged easels

mimicking ship prows
cutting through the waves
symbolizing spherical landscapes
like saucer-eyed waifs
striving to keep pace
while hand painting plot lines
topping out during flood tide...

In a Debut

" In a Debut "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a debut
of newly
streaming
opportunities

bending and turning
uncommonly
full of feeling

while miming
precisely
during quieter times

all grown up
rock solid
sensitive partnerings

after being given
a run-for-the-money
during close ups
of push ups

as allegorical
aerial acts
by affable
befezzed elephants

attempting to help
pelicans in distress
with giant rescue nets...

Newly Reconstituted

" Newly Reconstituted "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Newly reconstituted
prominent groups
swooping and dipping
into unsteady revenues

flubbed at the end
falling under the spell
of unlucky brevity
for poetic potentials
as newly gathered assets

packing punches
across mercurial
structures
swirling and sinking
with epiphanic
volatility

percussively
up swinging
tantamount
to pure theater

indiscriminately
perpetuating myth
at great risk
of last-ditch
contradiction

squaring off
over issues
after taking it
on the chin
by alarmed critics
with potent
concoctions
of stiff upper lips
becoming
lacking in tautness...

Slightly Memoirish Unique Finds

" Slightly Memoirish Unique Finds "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Slightly memoirish
unique finds
coming to you live

perceived as misleading
yet especially promising
judging from the response
of the avant-garde

against an everyday backdrop
kicking around
and angstily biting back
in a puckish act

crying, "Sacrilege!"
while rising to the bait
of a social media age

within jazz's ranks
while writing liner notes
for app essays

portrayed as note-by-note
composed appropriation
after going on a rampage
across the printed pages
of big names...

Entire Wings

" Entire Wings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Entire wings
of 50/50
hindsight

wearily tallied
among dabblers
still hung in the balance
without grasping
the well meaning
of various reasonings

largely due to whispering
soft headedly while living
hardly picturesquely
being burnished by graffiti

all along all-year seasons
having been set up recently
as shortsightedly as a single-
stroke drumroll ultimately hindered
by thick-headed so-and-sos

going sonorously solo
as a baritone sounding tattered
in a last-minute cast unveiled
approaching stinted grandeur
while lacking palpable personality

with a disparate history
that came and went
from croon to rasp
along multiple paths
of the past
by file sharing
at first glance

sexed up
pared down
stripped away
out of touch
all oiled
from the waist up

puckering up
up close
face and makeup
abstract
from far away
growing pains
into coveted places

combining old old sayings:
"Behind every great man
is a great woman"
and "Behind every
great fortune
is a great crime"

being likened
to a drive-in-drive-by
steered by former
husbands and wives

coming to mind
both rambling
and disorganized
while running
for their lives
hands-clasping
bye-byes
to Auld Lang Syne...

Marchin' in Hi-Topped Galoshes

" Marchin' in Hi-Topped Galoshes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Marchin' in hi-topped
galoshes
of the, " Oh my gosh! "

seemingly poised
for a record snowfall
in a recall
by storm trackers
all in the wrong

leading to
long-ignored
forecasts
sealed off
like unsurveiled
puzzle masters

after downloading
free apps
with satellite
info gaps

secretly clamoring
for covert handovers
of gross amounts
of snow shovel
leftovers
gone into overload

negotiated pro bono
versus quid pro quo
'til the faux pas
blow over
in post simulations
of snow blowers...