"WHAM! KER-POW!"...

" WHAM! KER-POW! "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

WHAM! kER-POW!
sequin-spangled
gold ground

coming into doubt
taking power
with fear tactics
blank and abstract

by blocking out the bad
on billboard scales
of the poorly grasped hereafter

grandstanding
having taken 1st prize
granted like high-mindedness
at least for a little while

exhibited on highly versatile
folding screens in decline
mentioned only twice...

"The Name Sounds Snappy"...

"The Name Sounds Snappy"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The name sounds snappy
right back at ya
masking brash and manic
pathogens of disaster
for everything classical

as fine as a hair
of a satirist
while hanging on
by a fingernail
to the ecologically
irresponsible

sucking on lozenges
taking on prodical pop
mimicking a kissy-
kissy renaissance

seen as a work
in progress
finally getting
a Hopper...

"At a Crawl"...

"At a Crawl"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

At a crawl
on the rocks
in a crowd

no one knows
today only
lunar light
well ahead

moody dark
all is lost
in torment

sharing pain
wedding days
underlined

streaming tears
mascara smears
open museum

down the lobby
passers-by
bottom right

in decline
lipstick bleeds
longings unseen

lightning speed
brisk chilly
crystalline...

"Virile Accents"...

" Virile Accents "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Virile accents
as patinated classics
of cohabitation

far and away
somewhat tactless
yet coming up practical
and more detached in scale

like invaluable
never-housed
narratives
of admiration

made more plain
by reigning
in disdain
for unexplainable
creations of nature
intermingling
grandeur and pathos...

"Notable Newbies"...

" Notable Newbies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Notable newbies
heady dramas
classical comedies
creative offspring

capturing veracity
indomitably
balancing bliss
and sadness

upon mastering
bocce ball
with zeal
on beaches

waves breaking
sandpipers
molting to grey
drier substrates

shrill rising
"hoo-eeee"
moving freely
adults breeding...

"Looking the Part"...

" Looking the Part "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Looking the part
with a clock
for a heart
tick-tock
tick-tock
tick-tock
tick-tock
tick-tock

gambling on
while the big hand
and the little hand
revolve on
as precisely
as possible

while aging artists
listen and look on
with alarm
beat boxing
and jamming on...

"Couplings and Uncouplings"...

"Couplings and Uncouplings"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Couplings and uncouplings
flexing muscles
not leaving much
mirroring doubling
forming suddenly
oscillating between
celebration and mourning

fully explored fussy sorts
offering sarcastic support
for stuck-up-poor sports
feeling in charge of course
but taking time to absorb
shortcomings fully restored...

"Often Provoking Hysteria"...

" Often Provoking Hysteria "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Often provoking hysteria
from relative wrongheadedness
with unstated intensions
rearranged extensively
as passing interventions
by particular pressures
toward women
especially under oppression
from moral tensions
and offensive incorrectness
surrendering to apprehensions
and irreverent gestures
of unacceptable inked aesthetics
having been given the go-ahead
via obscure elements of Rorschach tests...

"A Pummeling Slog"...

" A Pummeling Slog "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A pummeling slog
dancing in the dark
multiple nods

screened chaos
stuffed
nonsensically
into
a protracted
mayhem

perpetually
filling
with relentlessness

experiencing
unexpected
special effects

like going
through a car
wash
without a car

coming
face-to-face
with a wide-
mouthed
furry
green Oscar

or a chomping
blue Coolie Monster
eyes googling
in plush
new shiny digs...

"Often the Strongest"...

" Often the Strongest "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Often the strongest
line color and form
dramatically imported
for cued-in audiences

into the overall performance
of intimate proportions
with nonconformance
becoming visible to all

from considerably smaller
final rows of the orchestra
into longer and longer
series of interconnected points

woven between two or more
forces across all-important
luminous sources
underscoring bed-time stories...

"The Breaching of the Mainstream"...

"The Breaching
of the Mainstream"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The breaching
of the mainstream
at breakneck speed

determinedly credible
yet as affable
as fiddle-faddle
arranged for banjo
and danced
by tabby cats

after never looking back
at statistically invalid
K9 analyses of variances

being gathered
along hard-data trails
spandex-clad
grasping
steam-inhaler masks
while gasping
in vacant stairwells...farewell...

"Fictional Rituals"...

"Fictional Rituals"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fictional rituals
ceremonial
glow sticks

on a predictable
set list
for the generally
tentative

sounding limber
spouting "shiver
me timbers"

while sifting
and sorting
like little kids

engaged
in simplicity
minute-by-
minute

especially
in rhythm
during games
of monkey-
in-the-middle

tossing nothing-
in-particular
as abstract
slapstick

pouting,
"Well blow
me down"...

"Between Creation and Destruction"...

"Between Creation
and Destruction"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Between creation
and destruction
privilege and pilgrimage

collective performances
monochromatic
abstract narratives

impacted by dropping drips
plentiful prints drawings given
while still under the influence
of rolling compositions

pursued doggedly
curling and circling
looping pools
inclusive of music

nonchalant
exuberance
spooling
cacophonous
works...