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...