"An Intolerance of the Inexplicable"...

" An Intolerance
of the Inexplicable "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An intolerance
of the inexplicable
overshadowed
by absurdism
where identities blur
as one's word
during lessons learned
like lexicons
of the scorched earth
cursorily held firm...

"Turning Elsewhere"...

" Turning Elsewhere "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Turning elsewhere
for boldfaced
major works

savvily arranged
in time-lapsed
narration

never belabored
thickly layered
without exaggeration

coming in
from varying angles
of rich fascination

juxtaposed soprano to bass notedly veering away
from the blasé...

"Tapping Roots"...

" Tapping Roots "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tapping roots
while swinging
hula hoops
on the move
sporting plumage
of out-of-date usage
with little likelihood
of impromptu unity
from unproven
gumshoes

posting tributes
at ground zero
for moody
superheroes
having been
binge watched
weekly
as homages
to mysteries...

"None of Which"...

" None of Which "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

None of which
unseemingly dissimilar
brilliantly skilled
merrily slick shenanigans

strongly recalled
costume and décor
precludingly adored

like innocent objectivity
by tinselled tricksters
dancing in heels
with wriggly flourishes...

"A Peculiar Disconnect"...

" A Peculiar Disconnect "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A peculiar disconnect
as a seldomly
amicable pratfall action

doing a drunken act
admirably pre-choreographed
while step-dancing
with one foot chasing the other
into hurry-up spiral patterns

yet held back by sell-date
attractiveness acting
like post-passion
pragmatists out of habit...

"As If Over a Brink"...

" As If Over a Brink "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As if over a brink
of shimmying ripples
wriggling and flourishing
on the silver screen

with heightened vitality
as "Yowzies" irksomely
stamping heels
adjacent to widening medians

like cozying up to pretty pictures
for the slightly inhibited
being listed as dramatists
by broad definition...

"NO Such Thing"...

" NO Such Thing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

NO such thing
appearing
dis-appearing
re-appearing

failing
to fight
back
tears

ultimately
beading up
on puffed-up
cheeks

streaming
in vaporous
bereavement...

"Holding Firm"...

" Holding Firm "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holding firm
eye-catching work
opening outward

written down
in double bills
of non-fiction
unpredictability
all vividly individual
showing up equipped

huddling warmly
locking eyes
with the avant-garde

weighing the consequences
of flamencoesque castanets
meant to address
the exceptionally well-
presented forever and ever...

"Hard to Pass Up"...

" Hard to Pass Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hard to pass up
savoring whiffs
of fuchsia-colored
overindulgence

distilled spirits
chilled for sipping
burnishing up
cutlery skills

sampling
dish-to-dish
licking
patrician
finger tips

distended
pinkies
bordering
on gluttony...

"As So Often Happens"...

" As So Often Happens "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As so often happens
selective memory
kicks in in two bars
as sung by Svengalis
in hypnotic " na-nas"

after landing Modiglianis
like cathartic hobbies
on auction blocks
for complex karmas
in heightened melodramas
filled in with dense subplots...

"Petri Dishes of Extremes"...

" Petri Dishes of Extremes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Petri dishes of extremes
nurturing diverging stories
becoming ordinary
through shock-absorbing
cultured mosses
from frontier forts
and porcelain rickshaws
as sing-alongs for porridge

brewing coffee
with tap water
from Coldfoot
to Deadhorse
over the long haul
proceeding due North
warts and all...

"Much Talked About"...

" Much Talked About "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Much talked about
"would-haves"
and "doesn't-matters"
hanging out
on the other hand
of circumstance
cameras everywhere

snapping off chin straps
standing out
as a sort of crown
thought to be hilariously
selective and actually
quite laughable

having gone on
like full-on pop
being made up
on the spot
with a pinch
of vibrato
that must
go on...

"Record-Breaking Chicanery"...

" Record-Breaking Chicanery "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Record-
breaking
chicanery
as etiolated
zeitgeist cachets
secretly staged
Off Off Broadway
in blaring musical plays

having never been nominated
by the super crazy serenading
their best works to date
over enunciating fateful clangs
down dark echoey alleyways...

"After the Fact"...

" After the Fact "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

After the fact
where it matters
left barbed
right from the start
wearing weakening hearts
on bloodied sleeves

simultaneously
panning for laughs
with everything bland
before during and after
embattled halves

doing the dance
manically sharing
glaring face masks
gaspingly inhaling
the rarified air
of abject failure...

"On the Way Out"...

" On the Way Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the way out
waving impromptu
out-flung arms

spontaneously
acknowledging
awkwardness head-on
as outbursts of angst
having been weened
from classical repertories

while throwing elbows
and forearms above
uncovered plots
of flowerpot spots

seen tilled by robots
costumed
in jewel-studded
artists' garb...

"Staking Claims"...

" Staking Claims "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Staking claims
to creeping
gentrification
riding the elevated
make no mistake

cherishing the faded
coming of age
whooping and wailing
in a soundscape of echoing
shots heard 'cross the bow

aimed by shamelessly
somatic block captains
donning ectoplasmically
piratical black eye patches...

"Amid Tumult"...

" Amid Tumult "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Amid tumult
once a flop
now a hit
captured
in an instant

temporally
apocalyptic
depictions
of sacrificial
non-fiction

by dogmatists
of intolerance
as disparagingly
outlandish mashups...

"Restoring the Nearly Lost"...

" Restoring the Nearly Lost "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Restoring the nearly lost
under the auspices
of a peering voyeur

going about business
illicitly glimpsing
gorgeous grids
painstakingly distilled
by prurient obscurantists
popping pills

prescribed
like italicized supertitles
across sordid sight lines
at eye level...

"Wistful Wishes"...

" Wistful Wishes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Wistful wishes
of corporeal
"What ifs "

stiffened
by didactically
emphatic
"Well, that's thats"

softened
by nostalgically
healing
counterfactual
future actualities

remembered
as, "Que será será
whatever will be will be"...

"Darkly Fantastical"...

" Darkly Fantastical "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Darkly fantastical
highly sought after
continuing to grapple
with the haplessly challenged

sight unseen
supposedly
oh so sweet
while relying heavily
on artificial merriment
for swirling prowess

coming out
of nowhere
most notably
as a little of this
and a pinch of that

neither ecstatic
nor romantic
by comparison
as a baby grand
being plinked
heavy handedly...

"Unknowingly Ever After"...

" Unknowingly Ever After "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unknowingly
ever after
too late
but welcomed
anyway

coming
numb-ally
as double-
or-nothing

all washed up
with rinsed-
away trust

stoppered
in clear bottles
with great alarm

phantomly unpopped
by mind-boggled
shadow boxers...

"Satellite Eyes"...

" Satellite Eyes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Satellite
eyes
looking
sideways
at twilight

stuck in time
beamed
worldwide
like gaffed
laugh lines

falling lifeless
as no surprise
begrudgingly
realized
as vengefully
glorified spite
while garnering
consummate blinders...

"Ever Enduring"...

" Ever Enduring "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ever enduring
audaciously
and uproariously
fashioned
after trans-
formative
bean-bag chairs
for dysfunctional
families

having once
run amok
in search of
slumpingly
mad-cap
mummies

ending up
piteously
touching
huffily funny
plus bruskly
adventurous

cheering
"Hip-Hip"
for all of us...

"A Little Bit Quicker"...

" A Little Bit Quicker "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A little bit quicker
interrupted hissing
after years of dithering
over signature dishes
for slithering boa constrictors

swallowing entire species
on the edge of extinction
while heralding pressing
problems for brain-drained people with distinctive deliveries

being given while staggering
as gift-wrapped mismatches
in limited batches
of secret romantics...

"On Shaky Ground"...

" On Shaky Ground "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On shaky ground
starting from scratch
feeling remastered
back on track getting laughs
but not so fast as a badass
proofed-hair ring bearer

gone bonkers
sipping virgin cocktails
strumming vintage guitars
gone 'round the block
having flopped
in soap-opera plots
of the long-forgotten...

"Assaults on Normalcy"...

" Assaults on Normalcy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Assaults
on normalcy
wailing
mournfully
welling up
with mistrust
and disgust

vowing to eradicate
avenging states
staging retaliatory raids
on murderous perpetrators
in wakes of brazen machinations

echoing rancorous
abominations
of copious hatred
and uncontained rage

liberally bathed in tri-
colored lighted diodes
illuminating vilely
blighted and uncontrite
wily connivances...

"To-Die-For Digs"...

" To-Die-For Digs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

To-die-for digs
as seen
from the bridge

in search
of rarely visited
strictly limited
pop-up catharses

having gone
full throttle
minus apologies
for feeling weepy
and completely
out of sync

afflicted
with the acridity
of enfeebling grief...

"Taking Part"...

" Taking Part "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking part
in the optically
hypnotic

leaking
into bleak
interstices

like hiccups
in parentheses
by zombies

as the sum
of their smarts
solemnly monitored

in eye-popping
dioramas
for hunched-
over embodiments
of fairly obvious
anonymous sagas...

"To a Significant Extent"...

" To a Significant Extent "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

To a significant extent
wax likenesses versus
faceless mannequins
imagined as family samplers
after seeing what happens
to the tantalizingly unavailable

taken from Utopian tales
of vibratory patterns
in puffy jackets
on intangible canvases
as viscerally organic
spacey abstractions
trippily mimicking
lips of wizardry...

"A Lot of Pull"...

" A Lot of Pull "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom
Mom Suzán

A lot of pull
"Let's kick it!"
into sudden shifts
of first-person caricatures

like composite blurs
for the visibly nervous
while crying chuckling
and gurgling in obscurity

veering into conspiracy theories growing out
of scribbly graffiti
as self-conscious spontaneity

portraying outlaw
personalities
being talked out
sleeping on pull-out
couches upholstered
in elaborate somehows
without a doubt...

"Chaos and Horror"...

" Chaos and Horror "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Chaos and horror
screaming
down boulevards
scenes of carnage

governing bodies
gone dark
taking hostages
via proxy

while cowering
beneath seats
declaring
states of emergency

being screened thoroughly
more and more police
voices trembling
during briefings

offering parting
pleas
paying homage
to the deceased...

"In and Of Itself"...

" In and Of Itself "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In and of itself
almost single-handedly
as a last chance
with bright slashes
from an anxious hereafter

"You are what you wear"
as hard-core fans
for woven baskets
from centuries past

in hypnotic fashion
taken on a dare
with thematic flair
barely getting there
declaratively spare...

"Bearing Witness"...

" Bearing Witness "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Bearing witness
in search
of a truly-hard
catharsis
heard as full-
throttle trauma

strictly coincidental
and totally unintended
jet-settingly written and directed
with no resemblance
to weepy settings for celebs
while attempting
to make an entrance

no need for redemption
having been trapped
below with Elvis
in a reconception
of the ridiculously blessed

staged as pseudo-sacred events
with hallowed hip-swiveling
hosannas being belted
out throughout the finale...

"Transplanting Plans"...

" Transplanting Plans "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Transplanting plans
held in the palm
of a single hand
fist pumping into the air

spouting cheery banter
rattling challenges
rooting rapidly
far and fast

sprouting
beneath period trappings
as hale
to the common man...

"Nothing in the Least Secretive"...

"Nothing
in the Least
Secretive"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Nothing
in the least
secretive

scrutinized by
unchallenged
"eye/I's"

while defying
moral piety
with nothing
whatsoever
to hide

succinctly
kept in mind
like tantalizing
writings

underminingly
falsified
by the literally
minded

foregone
entirely
typifyingly
cherry ripe

finalized as
affectionate
surprise...

"Tidily Tucked Away"...

" Tidily Tucked Away "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tidily
tucked away
as separate
and special
comic epics

connoting
poetry
confused
with prose

meant
to become
heroic

like
hobbyhorse
poets

metaphorically meter-made
implications
of the gallopingly germane

pitilessly implicated
out spaced on the page
by bare lists of names
with scant patience
widely proclaimed...

"Combining Learning with Wit"...

"Combining
Learning
with Wit"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Combing learning with wit
orthodoxy versus anomaly
unwaveringly unexplained
as sustained meditations

forfeiting praise
lost and regained
there to remain
uncelebrated
minus blame
anticipating grace
giving thanks...

"Cosmic Curiosity"...

" Cosmic Curiosity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cosmic curiosity
deific infinity
as an end to the weary

admirably idyllic capacities
snatched as imaginarily
precarious orbital balances

regularly unanswerable
manipulated stanzas
of impassioned
understanding

like response patterns
with strong attachments
to both the abstract
and the natural...

"Among the Methods"...

" Among the Methods "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Among the methods
shifting succession
text after text
as disruptive potential

debunkingly sentimental
tragic consequences
of oddity like early-on-
love-sorrow scattershot

carried on
in whole-hearted
arguments
with the unconscious...

"Gaps in Understanding"...

" Gaps in Understanding "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Gaps in understanding
blipping transiently
as dribs and drabs
during scarcity

counted solely
on one hand
after being given
a second chance

left relatively in tact
disentangling
both the good
and the bad

weaving forward and back
within adaptive pairings
while floating on rarified air...

"Stymied by Fright"...

" Stymied by Fright "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stymied
by fright
feeling
the need
to flee

being emboldened
by web-winged
damselflies
darting
over
water
lines

simultaneously
seizing
and devouring
prey
held in place
by spindly
legs...

"Pell-Mell"...

" Pell-Mell "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pell-mell
depth
and
direction

pieced together
like curiously disaffected
and mercurially conceived
super-hero figurines

as seen in modern-era
vehicular bucket seats
contained by contagions
of frayed keep-sake
apron strings...

"Just the Idea"...

" Just the Idea "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Just the idea
of neat and tidy
like steel-spined
sci-fi icons
being radicalized
by discriminating minds

lurching to the right
winding up left behind
winking and nodding
along benchmarks
of smartness

counting neurons
of the noggin
while goblins
and goddesses
nosh on modified crops
in sandwich shops...

"Self-Help and How-Tos"...

" Self-Help and How-Tos "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Self-help and how-tos
crawling through
and coming up
with an omniscient
ever-present

after a mysterious absence
of acid-witted brainiacs
destined to do battle
with the outlandish

having once
been rattled
by flashbacks
like crackling
scraps of brash
non-answers
extrapolated as,
"Well, That's That!"...

"A Touch Biased"...

" A Touch Biased "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A touch biased
and particularly partial
to silly charm

after putting strains
on strange middle names
for pervasively
new-fangled crazies

over decades and decades
of lessening relentlessness
by diametrical detectives
of contradictory coincidence

quitting while ahead
expressing
sweeping gestures
with exceptional
prowess...

"Relative Unknowns"...

" Relative Unknowns "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Relative unknowns
in mono-tonal
starting roles
seen as cameos
of carved bone

made over in gold-embossed fashion-forward mode
for smokey-eyed show goers

with pillow lips
as apparitionally
ambiguous
luxury equipment

coated in shimmering
mixtures of large glitter
drizzled liberally on top lids...

"Movingly Attesting"...

" Movingly Attesting "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Movingly attesting
to the confessional
as if posing questions
to the ultimately rented
then disassembled
light sensors

while the overly reliant
heroically keep wishes alive
by gesturing skyward
in paradigms
of first-person "I"s...

"Fiction Based on Fact"...

" Fiction Based on Fact "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fiction based on fact
as a counter action
to vile rancor
at zero gravity
for fragmented
mavericks

headed off
at the pass
by femme fatales
in morality tales

acting totally
out of character
having been clouded
by the actual...

"Playing Opposite"...

" Playing Opposite "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Playing opposite
a silent star
going on and on
toward novelty

while proceeding
out of sequence
like idealized
personal experiences

strewn-in-pieces
thematically coherent
isolated lyrics
left for further reading

essentially encyclopedic
oratory protocols
epically boiling
over raised voices
as headstrong
collaged stories
of salient forces...

"Shaping and Reshaping"...

" Shaping and Reshaping "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shaping and reshaping
born again via reacquaintance
sharing syntactical overlaps
with expansive personality

as wishes and aspirations
at the melodramatic max
effectively pedantic
and reactionary

like lolling protagonists
seen as blandly pandering
to nervous collapse
post wasteland

having excavated
dual states
of praise and blame
with axial wordplay...