" On View "
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
On view only to be forcibly removed
when coming to mind along ethnic lines
going on trial as stereotypes that just won't die
and many name times do not fully apply
unless otherwise indicated by illustrations
plus stop-motion animators on legend pages
represented by body length in the margins
seen as interesting hobbies like fruit worm larvae
and scavenger beetles feeding feverishly
on moldy material becoming hard-of-hearing
interpreting sambas mambas tangos and Irish jigs
" I'm getting too old for this! "
yet pricelessly intermingling with ingenious
hipness and dignity but broken by catastrophe
performing badly and melodramatically
deftly imagined via escalating battles
massacres assassins collateral damage
refugee camps on behalf of those that can't
handle playing brass in jazz bands of calamity
unable to curb dangerous heating on the planet
without rollbacks by climate diplomats
leading to collapse when coming under attack
then adding boobytraps with grim regularity
tackling gender gaps evaluating families
evacuated to Iceland with strings of scandal
overwhelmingly male post national anthem's blare
left clinging to unimaginable sadnesses...
