"Not Exactly"...

" Not Exactly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not exactly first rate
having been swayed
to outstay eras of rage

aptly named,
" taken over "
by give-and-take

paying little heed
to the age of reason
for reserved
movie theater seating

punching down
its later years
in meta-laments
for the politically incorrect

with grossly over
stereotyped accents
for long-planned
crash landings
for the ill-prepared

"dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh--
jingle bells jingle bells
jingle all the way"...