"When 'THE WORD' Gets Around"...

" When ' THE WORD '
Gets Around "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

When ' THE WORD '
gets around as
a storied attraction

set aside as
a naturally
re-fashioned
unimaginably
gigantic hat

chapeau
sombrero
or even
a trim lid

when the scrim
lifts singing
spirituals

with a gently
swaying gait
in an un-
sustainable
avoidance
of pain

while attempting
to flee fate
all in the performance
of a glorious rave...

"Elusive Treasures"...

" Elusive Treasures "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Elusive treasures
like stilted librettos
being refashioned
by the essence
of an implausible
coincidence

not seen from
the seats
while devolving
into unresolved
conflicts

well beyond
provocative
promises
of silver dollars

catching illicit
glimpses
of frolicking
mammoth nymphs

mimicking
crass pageant
contestants
in templates
of draconian
tensions
all as a matter
of public record...

"Like an Alleged Culprit"...

" Like an Alleged Culprit "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Like an alleged culprit
posturing with individual
imperfect differences

shoulders back
as soon-to-be grads
of largely alas
self-hate mail
being carried
on the backs of snails

while taking chances
gliding on the slime trails
of the entirely unlikely
slowly unrealized

getting tagged as slackers
after sliding backwards
onto ticky-tacky
narrow paths

stripped down to shape wear
as a fond fond farewell
to mannequins wearing Spanx
while liking lycra on thighs
one leg at a time

being calmed
by steeped
chamomile
spiked by sake
for the psyche

mixing absurdity
with sweetness
sweating out singles

inhaling jasmine
diminishing misgivings
all with a fixed grin...

" So Each Week "...

" So Each Week "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

So each week
recalibrating
interactions
as actors

less naturally
tilting up
tilting in
switching

mysteries
of anonymity
on the skinny

being punched
in the stomach
by bluster

splitting up
giving up
on the bling
of used-to-bes

while eating
and partying
separately

like dead-on
lip-puckering
so to speak

red light
green light
one two three...

"The Prism"...

" The Prism "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The prism
aka
ROY G BIV
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
indigo
violet
through
keen
eyes
rocking
and
keening
with
discoveries
of enormous
appeal
in parkas
and sneakers
commanding
sharper-
featured
sympathy
sufficiently
frisky
pseudonyms
weighing in
someplace
far far away
over the rainbow...

"Sourly Humorous Banality"...

" Sourly Humorous Banality "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sourly humorous banality
as a singular narrative
spoken well out of character

like precariously
unoxygenated babblings
on a doll-sized scale

with droopy-eyed
exasperations
being explained
by squirmy everyday
masquerades

modulated affably
yet getting button-downed
by heart-skipping failings

remaining urban and layered
cross ventilation
in implied living spaces

post dissipating
concentrations
re-orchestrated
as a soaring
metaphoric
getaway

peacefully
orbitting
across
letter-graced
turning pages...

"At Times"...

" At Times "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

At times
charged
with findings
of breath-
taking clarity

after brief
intermissions
continuing
snapping
pictures

being printed
with the glossy
skylit finishes
of playful spirits

typified
by fingers
tapping
and eyes
flashing

while
bristling
with life
displayed
on the sunny side
of the much admired

becoming
totally surprising
chiming
in with ringing
aerial images

rigorously
clanging
supporting
casts...

"Landmarks or Eyesores"...

" Landmarks or Eyesores "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Landmarks or eyesores
accusatory sighs

shooting quills
like porcupines

in complete defiance
of franchised denial

in the large type
of altered nursery rhymes

from far behind
while being chided
for thickening archives

well within rights
as officially licensed
pieces of merchandise

on web sites
for black ice
in winter time

wildly sliding during lullabies
spurting into hot springs

achieving greater capacities
via genial "Big Bang Theories"...

"You May Think"...

" You May Think "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

You may think
it is quiet
while
feeling
riled

could it be
otherwise?

being sealed
from the outside
by overhead
lightning strikes

trains sliding
wheels whooshing
albeit coming up
extremely pleased

like raucously
yet inconspicuously
critical invisibility
delivered effervescently

staring
into luminous screens
within glaring
buildings of glass...

"Emitting from Speakers"...

" Emitting from Speakers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Emitting
from speakers
@ dog-friendly
frequencies

stirringly
coming off
New Year's Eve
unaccompanied

where sound
matters
and how!
all talked about

buzzings
overhead
now and then
as airy
storytellers

throwing
confetti
hard pressed
from top shelves

under gentle
direction
farewells
are not forever...

"May Find Spoilers"...

" May Find Spoilers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

May find spoilers all along broadcasts for fans
in shortened chapters
of high-class serialized
writings on the by-and-by
likened to passers-by
into the afterlife
via dreamlike wi-fi
at high frequencies
for mine-sweeping
fantasy series in premiere
deemed "all clear"...

"In the Forefront"...

" In the Forefront "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In the forefront
of the metaphorically joyful
"one-for-all" at the core

while running its course
through back doors
of "all-for-one"

as artworks' origins
from divergent lessons learned
for really nice little earners

by overseeing flea circuses
via loudspeakers
and deepening security

being taken away
way too seriously
by the fairly silly

stereotyped certainties
behaving flippantly
behind the scenes
unbecomingly
voided of reason...

"Notching Small Wins"...

" Notching Small Wins "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Notching small wins
appearing to be shrinking
within whodunit communities
with rapidly expanding
caucus precincts

escalating rivalry
intensely lobbying
all via breezy proxies

soaring off
of the schneid
swooping high
screeching wildly...

"Seeming to Be"...

" Seeming to Be "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seeming to be third string
according to all-agreed
non-feasibilities

like suddenly longing
for being heaved down field
as post-season apotheoses

floundering
with much-less-history
almost surely genius

by goal keeping
yet never really mustering
raising the ceiling

while matter-of-factly
zigzagging
toward a raggedy draft class...

"Beyond the Cronut"...

" Beyond the Cronut "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Beyond the cronut
@ the threshold
of an "oh-so-close"

being tucked
into the folds
of an upload

being filled
with tapioca
as a footnote
for a "so-and-so"

like meringue
daisies three-fold:
"she loves me
she loves me not
she loves me"...

" Like All Shots-in-the-Arm"...

" Like All Shots-in-the-Arm "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Like all shots-in-the-arm
you shouldn't have started
with addictive pin pricks

both friendly and enthusiastic
being allocated by the glass
while provoking pleasure
as stemware

having ripened on the vine
visual-olfactory stimuli
white light body
red and dry varietal wines

in beverage sessions
as simple and complex
yet well attended
palates being cleansed
while making no sense...

"Four These Two"...

" Four These Too "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Four these too
one another's love
ranging greatly
like gatekeeping
in recent years

summed up
by my groom's
cummerbund
plus a white
bridal train

gliding right
down the aisle
gleefully
proceeding
past the pews
vows renewed...

"Appearing Frustrated"...

" Appearing Frustrated "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Appearing frustrated
with coverages
close up

yet off-settingly
getting
well out of range

far
and away
from the biggest plays

being likened to wild fly patterns
while getting rattled
by ground-based personalities

acting in off-season-
one-handed grabs
gut-wrenchingly unveiled

in observance of flapping
flags as answers
goose-stepping backwards...

"Willing to Wait"...

" Willing to Wait "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Willing to wait
eager to retain
commentators

meaningfully engaged
on charter planes
for candidates

"If I knew you
were coming,
I'd have baked
a cake!"

sheet or layered?

pressing their case
for appropriations
while campaigning
with vaunted data
on New Year's Day...

"A Difficult Task"...

" A Difficult Task "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A difficult task as a grand slam
while tap dancing with love taps

like playing taps
well into the hereafter
by saggingly giving taps
over-the-shoulder
with dangling straps

having been stretched
to the max stratospherically
speaking closed for the season

tinsel and wreathes
sparkling balls dropping
relishing New Year's Eve...

"Downloads Taking Over"...

" Downloads Taking Over "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Downloads taking over
on the down low
as fall out

from formats
for tracking
digital sales

like catastrophic
in-store staff
known in advance

towards ever
over-expansion
from perilous elsewheres

of malwares cycling past
wreaking havoc
exhausted demand...

"Insignificant Bits"...

" Insignificant Bits "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Insignificant bits
of mobilely digital
from hundreds
of millions
of has-beens

denied access
by multinationals
causing damage
to simulcast
enforcement actions

as citizens' data streams
are breached
by hardcore safe-harbor agreements
aka exploitive capabilities...

" Into First "...

" Into First "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Into first
two fold
catch
and
run

in pursuit
angling
to move

over
and
through
the
unsuitable
into newness

without losing
the pursuit
of helpful clues

being unaccused
like a push-and-pull
maneuver all by rule...

" Long Dormant "...

" Long Dormant "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Long dormant
still important
unwavering support
as stalwart
storied discourses
strongly re-enforced
as silver-gray manes
in tangible ways
never far away...

"Getting Back"...

" Getting Back "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Getting back
like white and black
seen through raggedy
radical walls and doors

still persisting
in corners
like silk strands
in good standing

versus commanders-in-chiefs
being asked to leave
as double amputees
blasted from underneath

while emphasizing piety
mutually darkened by flight
extremely hard to decipher...

"End-Stage Perturbations"...

" End-Stage Perturbations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

End-stage
perturbations
clutching hearts
outstretched arms
parental pathology

perpetual steps
as hard as it gets
lifting up heads
to the heavens

in anguished gestures
expressed within a semblance
of veterans bedecked
in vestments for storytellers

disseminating
"wheres" and "whens"
plodding in the flesh
fingers clenched
bowed heads...

"Those Who Fret"...

" Those Who Fret "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Those who fret
over fanciful presents
being tracked annually
beginning with partridges
in pear trees tongue-in-cheek

declining in energy
like the current economy
while shipping
swans-a-swimming
via e-commerce

with a full complement
of barnyards
for trumpeter swans
as celebrated
in commodity cards

harking holiday lotteries
starkly tallied
like cold hard facts...

"A Sharp Turning Point"...

" A Sharp Turning Point "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A sharp turning point
taking a tumble into a slump
still struggling
feeling under the gun
needing to do something
like plunking
down freshened-up
numbers
but not giving up
while getting
out from under
as a runner up...

"Asking Not to Be Named"...

" Asking Not to Be Named "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Asking not
to be named
in a failed
extrapolation
of a travailing
added detail
via a rail
for the well-
enhanced
advancement
of a transforming
state of play
finally giving way...

"Doubts and Concerns"...

" Doubts and Concerns "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Doubts and concerns
memory delayed
while entering the fray
with consolidation

being privately named
as the best way
to partial deregulation

by forcing waves
of estimated data
via integration
all the same...

"Cracking Wise"...

" Cracking Wise "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cracking wise
eternally wagging
much-beloved bitten tongues

ventriloquistically
speaking
without thinking

while looking within
makeshift clenched fists
of existential conditions

at a minimum
of targetted
clenched hearts...

"Naïve Delight"...

" Naïve Delight "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Naïve delight
ever-more
intimacy

enduring imagery
invisible armory
cold to the ear

shadowy whisperings
ebbing away
stretched phrases

walking naked
past jokey scarecrows
destinies unknown all alone...

"A String Had Been Pulled"...

" A String Had Been Pulled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A string had been pulled
as henpecked
slithery fishes that hurt
having returned
to a cock-a-doodle-do
made brutal by boomingly
swapping the unusual
emotional murk
of an off-color world
with the eerily uncertain
and occasionally obscure
left unheard...

" A Moving Depiction "...

" A Moving Depiction "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A moving
depiction
conflicted
and suffering

sorely tried
longstanding
over scaled daily

plaintively dismayed
by unmistakable
hand waving

rarely translated
into monumentally
gray matchmaking

quicksilver changes
symbolically levitating
with a weary but steady gate...

"Playthings"...

" Playthings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Playthings
into containers
home refreshers
for the holidays
key updates

room arrangements
dedicated
to messy play
get creative

head-to-head
arrangements
don't ignore age

unique shapes
over the decades
turning shades

peeling curling
captivating
exfoliating lace...

"From the Extension"..,

" From the Extension "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From the extension
of warm spells
before holiday guests

not having settled
while sharing friends'
added dimensions

at the newly complementary
entrances of added accessories
between walls and ceilings
of rich interiors

yet cutting down
on the clutter
being labeled
by color...

"Largely Out of Concern"...

" Largely Out of Concern "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Largely out
of concern
for everything
turn turn turn

all-stirred-up occurrences
on alert crucial to work
like grimy truths
in a fog of rumor

voices swooping
collegial moods
of a star chanteuse
wrongly accused

quivering nervously
dozens of people
hurled by high winds
down a hill hard hit

speaking from balconies
messages of mercy
under heavy scrutiny
surging queries
new menus weekly...

"So Close and Yet So Far"...

" So Close and Yet So Far "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

So close and yet so far
astonishingly charged
swiftly and convincingly
stepping into the middle
of the picture

after clinching an ugly win
in a comeback victory
by record-setting rookies

growing visibly
blossoming into hardly
the biggest thing
as yet to be seen
reclaiming overall leads...

"In Shadows and Whispers"...

" In Shadows and Whispers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In shadows and whispers
not always convincing
nor exquisite

like sarcasm and bitterness
turned wispy
via triangulating protagonists

crafting pillars of sound
harkening back
to the fanciful

in increasing shares
of risk awareness
at a greater clip

for recessional tips
as probabilities
of societal insignificance
all in conflicting pictures...

"The Complete Cycle"...

" The Complete Cycle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The complete cycle
to a sold-out night
of an ordinary life

like fine lines
becoming ritualized
just in time

as the velvety kind
of the sublime
rightly surprising

subconscious minds
lying between styles
with a reliance

on the solely implied
issued entirely
from on high...

"Or Not So Normal"...

" Or Not So Normal "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Or not so normal
joined forces
dreamy and distraught

at the all-important
water's edge
as an innate sense
of suggestive depths
above all else

like peculiar architectures
thumbs outstretched
discrepantly asymmetrical tiers

oddly specific
entirely believable
eavesdropping seers...

"Was Sensational Then"...

" Was Sensational Then "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Was sensational then
astonishingly stretched
taut all too modestly
in a long black box
of invisible armor

having fought through
what might be left
of a bouncer-cum-shepherd

entirely bereft of friends
via ironic trajectories
never digging deeply
into the ether
yet living without need...

"With Emotions in Tow"

" With Emotions in Tow"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With emotions in tow
heart and soul
abilities to see both

constantly evoking
familial tones
like spontaneously
written love notes

as front-page tableaus
with overtones
of "painfully so"

being cloaked
by tokens of hope
in ordinary black clothes

the least of the macho
panama or bowler
worn solely as jokes

like modest interventions
of identity papers
liberties out of place

putting on faces
half-awake
self-containment...

" New Reason "...

" New Reason "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

New reason
ebullience
of sprit

multi-hued
destinies
indelibly
rousing

tens of thousands
promptly founded
over-the-counter

depicted
dusted-
off vintage

demonstrated
by lifting flashing
flips and spins

properly
swooning
including
recruitment

statistically
hovering
becoming
flooding

gestures
all around
them

as storytelling
weekly
or even monthly

while clutching
consensus numbers
from studied effects
without question

brilliant dynamics
sung with attack
words sentences
grammar left in tact

as factually
collaborative
skewed reality

rivetingly truthful
accrued thesis work
of a star chanteuse

dipping and soaring
makeshift memorials
growing smaller

turning to joy
immemorial
gathering
to mourn

inventoried
letters and drawings
roof-raising force
movingly careworn...

"No Longer Quite Sure"...

" No Longer Quite Sure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

No longer quite sure
worrying compulsively
nudged by memories
on one end of a battery
transmitted continuously
like trios from genies, "Psst!"...

"As It Turns Out"...

" As It Turns Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As it turns out
more so now
deep foundations
of half designation
like pentagonal shapes
drawn by patrons

semi staged
taking place
along the edges
of sword-
shaped aprons

like light sabers
fluorescing
in murky caves
eyes remaining
fixated on quaking
hair-trigger domains...

"Having Gone Wobbly"...

" Having Gone Wobbly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Having gone wobbly
into a labyrinthine plot
or not
as steps beyond
the cusps of drama
ethereal and shocking
like the most
astonishingly
rivitting subconscious
down serpentine blocks
of, "Do No Harm" patently
or not...

"Looking Within "

" Looking Within "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A look within
clad entirely in black
all across action tracks

tracing clear paths
of actual unravelings
straight toward
unsurpassed sanity

rattled off by luxury casts
vicariously pushing past
labyrinthally challenging
hand-over-hand upon demand...

"Surprisingly Short"...

" Surprisingly Short "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Surprisingly short
on drama
relying partly
on the curiously
unwanted

rough cuts
becoming
all cleared up
by exuberantly
earth stomping

in between honoring
the past and accepting progress
while watching somewhat
shticky comedies all for solace...

"Often Spoken Of"...

" Often Spoken Of "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Often spoken of
as a sole soloist
twinklingly
walking kneeling
and bending
with pleasurable
tenderness
in a land of plenty

contrasted by angry masks
of tabloid subject matter
feeling gobsmacked
by unsubstantiated
rat-a-tatted candor
al in a harsh glare...