“ A Group Called “ ...

” A Group Called “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom& Mom-
Mom Suzán

A group called,
“Pitting the Poor”
as automated
bots swarm
throughout
the mourning

while very warm
stray showers
spread up North
urging bans
on assault

being shot
into a grinding war
“Flying V’s
of Canadian Geese
honking
over snarled
city streets”

having been
cured unexpectedly
via dark energy

going well
beyond the condom
becoming star-
crossed and thought
not to respond
to baffling astronomy

dubbed, “dark”
charged with charting
endangered projects
of prodigal particles

mastering
camouflage
by considering
the cocktail
of larger
underparts

becoming locked
into position
demonstrating
new tricks
like perfectly fitting
sound systems
having recovered
quickly
ultimately feeling
completely free...

" Officially Approved "...

" Officially Approved "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Officially approved
by the power of the absolute
through systems of vague rules
devised from illusionistic views
of our curvilinear choosings
via far-too-few opportunities
as super-human evolutionary cupids
moving with acute beauty
under eternal scrutiny of youth
engaging in quivering moods
in the pursuances of continuing issues
of virtue promising astute truths
as rousing solutions in exuberant profusion
all within our children's reading rooms...

" Undisclosed" ...

" Undisclosed " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Undisclosed think so? without a doubt!
drawn swords bent bows marked and reflected
upon gaining access to the commander
then letting it go at that in a blue mini-van

abruptly disbanded known here as:
"knockers gone bonkers" via visitor logs
and their redacted remarks onto non-symbiotic
computer punch cards representing more obvious
prior knowledges in the process of reporting progress
no holds barred but nothing in common

constructing wind farms testing autonomous cars
of vehicular technologies "To whom do the bodies belong?"
aiming to give voice replete with poignancy
breeding controversy plus culpability performing publically in teams
scouring galleries whittled down to a skedaddle like K9 tails
gone a waggin' with rhythmic musicality as admirable
actions waving off wrath as a master of branding in transit

creative passions increasingly examining
faith-based themes inspired by upbringings
and cross-cultural experiences running deeply in acid-free inks
seeking release as a means of empowering
women within the families of man unity humanity humility
curiously intermixing by eerily convincing period instruments
teary eyed and bewildering made for the missing slowly sitting
and carefully listening for undimmed forgivenesses "He is risen!"

stiff wings pale primaries smudges around the eyes
gliding on nearly flat wings generally silent at sea
loudly cackling while nesting on thin ledges
double crests kinked necks white breasts
barred bodies banded tails pale eyes staring
less agility while flying clucking rattling chatter
all across the lower Rio Grande's brush lands

roosting areas foraging for snails raucously laughing
clownish face patterns red crowns white irises
striking plumage designs juveniles' swooping glides
Black-throated magpies high strident rolling cries
feeding on acorns at night...

" On View "...

" 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...

" Well, Maybe "...

" Well, Maybe "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Well, maybe
in a couple of takes
at the big-boy table

scattered with crayons
during zany comic play
on placements
up until middle age
way back in the day

being tempered and tamed
by close shaves
goofily entertaining
unfit for the stage
where only the mad
are truly sane

replete with considerable amazement
becoming dense with information
likened to outbreaks of contagion
from fly-on-the-wall observations

high-stress sintuations
left salivating
in man caves...

" Sealing Fates "...

" Sealing Fates "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sealing fates
under
no obligation

decades later
after exchanges
with hands raised

while mapping brains
by scanning
uncharacteristic shapes
in distinct combinations

making unprecedented peeks
into internal inquiries
of preserved "shift" keys
for surging or suffering

like linchpin links
to virtual-reality
militant mouse clicks

proliferating
for instance
as not-quite-so-hip
opportunist gigs...

" By and Large "...

" By and Large "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

By and large early on
foggy phenomenons of genealogy
like screwball comedies
of candy-coated fantasies ending here
muttering methodically to perceived links
of lavishingly familial smatterings

searching manically
for family trees still weeping
as loss-afflicted families
experience seeringly mournful themes
of harrowingly real-world histories
wretched from grief ecstatic from relief...

" Less Bubbly "...

" Less Bubbly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Less bubbly in a hurry
growing up on a subway
as a somewhat funky
unchucklingly funny
public upchuck

being plucked
from hummingbirds'
up-and-coming
anatomical studies
like non-Western cultures
resembling none

ignorance of substance
maligned subjects
undiscovered
languishing
in and out
of recovery...

" Sleights of Hand "...

" Sleights of Hand "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sleights of hand
nearing their finale
not going quietly
trilling with delight
ascending highly

hastening to add
a hand-cranked
home-made
old-fashioned
getting laughs

running down
lists of answers
tending to drag
on the action

yet fitting
into character
as an inflatable dancer

imaginatively shareable
nostalgically hands-on
landmark castles and mansions
housing peace-loving factions...

"Left with a Sketch"

" Left with a Sketch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Left with a sketch
drawn in and out of dementia
sprawling and detailed

time and again
pithy and clever
doing art works
with the best

lavishly intentional
identities inseparable
in the funniest sense
of sitcom jokiness

becoming especially adept
at plumbing the depths
scripted in delicate remembrance...

"Put in Front"...

" Put in Front "

by Suz Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Put in front as an affront
to riotous grunge
among slackening cultures

being called up
and called out
all the more

underscoring
the importance
of off-the-wall
prolonged recall

while sharing
canned passports
for title songs
played on accordions

unabidingly and often
being forcibly
squeezed to the core...

"Darkly Comical"...

"Darkly Comical"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Darkly comical
loosely approximate
obstreperous birch bark

starring the hapless
sparsely dabbed
un-memorable canvases

while reaping advantages
on a small scale
in direct contrast

to being whittled down
slightly off square
and often pale...

"Considered Semi-Divine"...

" Considered Semi-Divine "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Considered semi-divine
hard-wired like push pins
of the perkily noteworthy

jangling jauntily
court portraitists
small self portraits

busily disciplined
reiterate trajectories
lavishly tweaked

all-the-more recently
nervy
hovering ultramarine...

"Perennial Talk in Chalk"...

" Perennial Talk in Chalk "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Perennial talk in chalk
indicating poses
in a few quick strokes

fingering clothing
tenderly holding
a laurel wreath
with delicacy

while underscoring
the out-of-doors
by tracing along
under stories

in no discerning order
as seen against
emerging green
glinting hoop earrings...

"Fancy-to-Over-Fancy"...

" Fancy-to-Over-Fancy"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fancy-to-over-fancy
human failings
of love once shared

coming under
whirring surveillance
being denied a chance

wearing a monster mask
breathing naturally
subservience to gadgetry

concocting topsy-turvy
smatterings of slapstick
like cringing fantasies

enabling mugging
alternately
grumpy and sweet

with crocodile tears
flowing in between
storming and stressing
to numbing effect...

" More Closely Aligned "...

" More Closely Aligned "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More closely aligned than ever
but not-yet invented
within a trifecta
detected strand-by-strand
as ephemeras redeveloped

previously unmentioned
by particular threads
of asymmetrical
measurements

like innocents both alert
and friendly biometrics
of faces and gaits
eminently illuminated...

"Paying Homage"...

" Paying Homage "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Paying homage
to upstarts
self-consciously
illuminated
by alarmed glazed
and jubilant gazes

ranging in octaves
as shatterings of grace
yet in fine shape
whatever it takes
beautifully shaped
engaging snow maidens

familial assimilation
as vernal revelations
in fiery debates
dancing as manifestations

overseen as loosely based
high stakes cross-legged
recent phases twanging
of fame while stepping on stage...

"The Likably Taciturn"...

" The Likably Taciturn "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The likably taciturn
highly respected
simmering regimens
of hidden identities

like mob hits
being written
by committee

heaving and twitching
hard-won decisions
ravishing the fringes

like pundits and witnesses
visceral hallucinogenic images
pretzel-twisted wagging fingers...

"Some Kind of Culture Clash"...

"Some Kind of Culture Clash"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Some kind of culture clash
fiercely funny hard core
rubbed raw crash courses

re-imagined as swarms
just dawdling along
like "whatchamacallits"

being backed into corners
feeling excruciatingly forlorn
but sounding board

rather than unbearable
like luckless pairs
while turning the tales

seemingly at random
but seen going everywhere
via eye candy...

" A Head-Slapping Unconscionable "...

" A Head-Slapping Unconscionable "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A head-slapping
unconscionable
at the first blush of a hub

somehow doubling
while gazing up
to a beefed-up
winged dove
of far-flung
path numbers

now seen stumbling
into difficult subjects
exchanging
one hell for another

like nothingness
as a certain something
minus printed instructions
for faddish gadget companies
barking up the wrong tree
woofing differently

becoming thunderstruck
not having heard
such a thing
that is personally speaking
while hurdling skillfully
and dressing neatly
for an all-encompassing paparazzi...

"After Coming to Grips"...

" After Coming to Grips "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

After coming to grips
with bewilderment
beginning to slip

seemingly
limitlessly
intermixed

suddenly
all abuzz
cropping up

with ferocious gusto
yet struggling to adjust
to re-organized company

while coloring
outside untidy
wavering lines

silent individual glides
wings spreading
to dry...

"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...

"Passed Around"...

" Passed Around "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Passed around
in a trembling finale
at times vanishing
too busy dancing

tap tap tapping
idiosyncratically
as a mash up
of smatterings

like glam givebacks
wearing black wig hats
heads arching back
enigmatically

outlasting what to do
and how to react
soothing musical tributes...

"Driving a Hard Bargain"...

" Driving a Hard Bargain "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Driving a hard bargain
embodying awkward shards
in a thick blue fog

spotlit by monologues
into the darkness of scholars
skipping hardheartedness

listening with tenderness
to the utterly bleak
while unstintingly
offering mercy
to the skittishly
bickering

with incongruously
numbing riffs
as an offering
of healing
rhythms

performed
by ambiguous
figures weighing in
with jazz-tinged
veiled instruments...

"Squabbling Sirens"...

" Squabbling Sirens "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Squabbling sirens
choral writing
after the lightings
of secret fires
like warning signs
for the faint-of-heart
mistakingly put off-par

three-penny operas
coming out of the closet
"zorse" or "zonkey"
less-than-obviously
unforgotten
as strutting peacocks
while splaying an add-on
coup de grâce...

"Adding Sizzle"...

" Adding Sizzle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Adding
sizzle
beneath
a peace-
sign halo
that can be
downloaded
for free
like an
under-
reported
moral
victory
offering
kisses
with black
lipstick
without
permission
slips
brimming
with
unresolved
conflict...

"As Yet to Be Discovered"...

" As Yet to Be Discovered "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As
yet
to
be
discovered

slithering
writhing
and
dancing

blurring
boundaries
century-
spanning
happiness
and
disaster

wallowing
with
shape-
shifting
pom-
poms
of
stark
punk
gods

before
dropping
between
a
hit
and
a
flop

as
hard-
to-
penetrate
show-
stoppers

ceding
ground
in
jewel-
toned
gowns

wrapped
in
savvy...

"Holding Nothing Back"...

" Holding Nothing Back "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holding nothing back
as the relatively affable
taking turns toward the acid
before and after centrality

resisting adjectives
while barking madly
like iconoclastic
perception scramblings

inflammatory
new-fangled
olden standards
told in fragments
via time-lapses
of tiny cameras

gone prancing
donning fake hair
and laughing
climactically...

"A Balancing Act"...

" A Balancing Act "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A balancing act
adapting
hand-over-hand
rather than
underhanded
after a fashion

wallowing up
to the gunwales
drawing blank stares
as third-class
mopping up of hair

imperiously
demanding
egg-yellow vans
surrounded
by empty bags
and the grimy
hands of famine
running scared
driven by passion...

"Life Is Staged"...

" Life Is Staged "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Life is staged
as silence-and-strife
at the nearby

while living
and writing
entirely outside
of surprise

like a tiny bit
of falling off
of a cliff

both grand
and finitely
off-kilter

yet strangely
uplifting
take your pick...

"Front Burners"...

" Front Burners "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Front burners
like tiny life preservers
of summery sweetness

don't tempt me
sun-ripened
overnight

otherwise
fearful
of kneading

physically taxing
heavy-handed
mineralities

higher acid
lower tannins
setting standards

upscale
keenly balanced
sweet-and-sour...

"A Lighter Touch"...

" A Lighter Touch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A lighter touch
of the real stuff
like legendary
suburban reds

savorily sweet
sipped
in campaign
season

locally raised
taking hold of bold
crossovers
from high overhead

famously uncelebrated
on combo plates
of unusual flavors
like ridiculously
impressive créme brûlée

served up
at room temperature
with jellied centers
re-heated as necessary...

"Slangy Rebuttals"...

" Slangy Rebuttals "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Slangy rebuttals
previously unpublished
as tennis-ball fuzz
thank you very much
for coming under
aesthetic umbrellas
admittedly not quite
quickly enough

with apprehension
like an almost
inevitable
water-color ruff
in tidy setups
for the bluff
and gruff
undercuttedly
dangerous
like stiffened lungs

pumping
under rhythms
of breathing
during encyclopedic
see and seeks
offering humongous
hugs plus
unlimited lipstick kisses...

"Touchingly"...

" Touchingly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Touchingly released
becoming
more-and-more
enormous
in the mourning

as an edgy
performance
never boring
sworn to joy

decorated
with chains
like a strapless
mermaid

sheer bodices
layered
finding a way
well-played...

" In Review "...

" In Review "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In review
I have to tell you
with mild suspense
in a trim blue dress

like real-life events
of sculptural confection
as travel ephemera
in dreamy silhouettes

largely conceptual
exaggerated well
toes dangling
in the deep end

with little or no
tweaking needed
regarding meaning...

"Scraps Accruing"...

" Scraps Accruing"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scraps accruing
becoming
hard to discern

like bullets
in clips
along with
hair triggers

after falling quickly
while mimicking
sophisticated
omniscience

supreme and magnificent
families' prior existences
feeling terribly distant

marked indelibly
by awkwardly
unexpected
lean experiments

resulting
in unbecomingly
stumbling
down the stretch...

"Modernity Zigzags"...

" Modernity Zigzags "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Modernity zigzags strengthening abs downloading apps
onto a pad in good standing

as this-and-that tablet matters
overlappingly pragmatic
coming with practice

psychosocial dynamics
engrossingly rolling over
like well-honed touchstones

coming closer
and closer
all aglow...

"Holistically Refocusing"...

" Holistically Refocusing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holistically
refocusing
on vital doses
of well-stoked-
far-from-home-
on-the-road-
cocksure macho

steering clear
of decrepit
penalty boxes

having once
sheltered
along
the tenuous
edges
of nothingness

getting restarted
at the end
with playful attempts
at youthful impetuousness

affably expressed
as crackling accents
of charismatic pizazz...

"Drawing on Experience"...

" Drawing on Experience "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Drawing
on experience
in pencil-thin-
itsy-bitsy bits
of inevitability
via considerably
proliferating flicks

being expressed
tongue-in-cheek
while simultaneously
gnashing teeth
throughout award seasons
of pictures on screens

as sequels to sequels
over years and years
like stand-ins
in invisible inks
for life's mysteries
subsequently
re-appearing
skin-deep...

"Their Heads Rested"...

" Their Heads Rested "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Their heads rested
on season-ending
posted selfies

imperious footsteps
in arcade games
of beaming
gold-painted faces
on a rampage

cheeky yet sincere
imbibing
in mirrored images

formal mourning
burbling water
the core of peace

grievous sphinxes
staring
against papyrus
screens...

"Peppering the Calendar"...

" Peppering the Calendar "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Peppering the calendar
with withering put-downs
from both old and new values

like multidimensional banter
debated to fare-the-well
starting up again
as frenemies

from salty series
for ruefully hilarious bon amis
in memoiristic stories
of bittersweet intimacy
for peevish buddy-buddies

indiscriminately
splitting
the differences
all in a pinch...

"Under the Care"...

" Under the Care "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Under the care
of a palm
being read
like
a pretended
watershed

under the premise
of a very real
nevertheless
at least temporarily

as supposed-to-bes
getting bigger and bigger
via one-liner comedy scenes

while crossing small lobbies
toward highly unlikely
crowd-pleasers

acknowledging
used-to-bes
of recent memory
by bridging
period pieces...

"Fascinated by a Bygone"...

" Fascinated by a Bygone "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fascinated by a bygone
amorous life
having been downsized
along romantic lines

scripted vividly
from memory
abounding
in history

offering possibilities
like well-rehearsed scenes
based entirely
on previous seasons

voided of practicality
words borne out
by laughter from the past
back checked for accuracy...

"Breaking Out"...

" Breaking Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Breaking out
neither entirely
a hero nor a villain
among other things

with a ringing
in the ears
as calamity
for clarity

sounding murky
like thudding
and creaking
feedback
for the barely
seen swanky
ways of thinking

while crossing
fingers
and rhythmically
snapping
really counting...

" An Outpouring "...

" An Outpouring "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An outpouring
turning out
to be musically
themed raising
up of families

like intriguingly
tantalizing caveats
of both blue
and white collars

admiringly stylin'
in cotton oxford
and drip-dry
art smocks

with the sumptuous
gravitas of the really sharp
paradoxically on target

as the canonically
twisting plots
of sudsy soap operas...

"Though Brief and Limited"...

" Though Brief and Limited "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Though brief
and limited
sometimes
contradicted
by heat and grit

suspended
mirrors
knocking
on windows
of floor-
to-ceiling
has-beens

still standing
perpetually asking
uncannily casted
hard-to-imagine

like sniffing
vintage catnip
quintessentially
just for kicks

with nothing
in particular
while sitting in
under blizzard
conditions...

"A Fair Amount"...

" A Fair Amount "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A fair amount
like final
hurrahs
for provocative
mercurial stars

spouting con-
founding monologues
of the heartless

via strictly devised
process-ease
insisting on versatility

repeatedly shouting,
" BE THERE!!! "
while simultaneously
pounding
at unyielding boundaries
with loud thumping sounds...

"Saying Farewell"...

" Saying Farewell "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Saying farewell
big visions
barely seen

just wanting
to get it
over with

as an after-
party
at intermission

before opening
off center
while noising off

like folk forms
in fanciful costumes
only minutes long...

"Pressed and Restless"...

" Pressed and Restless "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pressed and restless
inevitably
feeling distressed

keying into fantasy
for relief
fully imbibing

like tribute nights
for fully ranging styles
mimicking teeming stampedes

by all means still standing
as encyclopedic
understandings

while mirroring
burgundy cheeks
reassuringly

engrossed in gossiping
yet stopping
just short of melodrama...

"Far-Reaching"...

" Far-Reaching "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far-reaching
raised
possibilities

running
neck-and-neck
toward doubleheaders

at fist-pumping tempos
of apprehension
for "What comes next
to an aforementioned
husband and friend?"

as seen through
the mournful lens
of a subsequent
generation

making perfect sense
exiting comprehensively
in the company of truth tellers
expertly expressed
by an emphatic "AMEN! "...

"Sunny Daze"...

" Sunny Daze "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sunny daze
old episodes
replayed

spiffy
recycling
bins

nothing
but
niceness

from
another
time

wonder
amid
grime

versus
a sanitary
upscaled
paradise

with white
palettes
brightening

yet craving
️the grittily
lived-in

jazz
and tap
filled

warm
reminiscences
what a difference! ...

"A Succession of Images"...

" A Succession of Images "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A succession of images
like the then-and-again
stealthy yet helter-skelter
excesses of more-or-less

registering going to hell
while ruggedly
running and gunning
with early stirrings
skittering all at once

whooshing at one
point or another
as cynically yukking
quietly suffering
flesh-and-blood

lacking the magic
touches
of euphoric love...

"Mischief Makers"...

" Mischief Makers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Mischief makers
alive and well
thriving in the present

like buried treasures
marked with "Xs"
as political correctness

grocery bags over heads
making subtle gestures
of ostensibly tentative
comic chemistry

practically laugh-free
conspiracy theories
albeit real-life grizzly
well within swiping distance...

"Crime Capers"...

" Crime Capers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Crime capers
blessedly
free of snickering
during gleefully
whimsical comedies

nurturing childish dreams
featuring the nouveau riche
replete with the reluctancies
of carefully scrubbed
farcical hold-ups

worn thin by jibber-
jabbering glowerers
getting paid to play it safe...

"Trying to See"...

" Trying to See "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Trying to see
to be exact
no matter how

being performed
in-the-round
in order to show how
to tip the balance
toward harder tasks

as irrational as
the matching of airs
with house bands
of live jazz

like pro-ams
dressed casually
with unabashed nostalgia
infused with fantasy
for an epitaph...

"Less Kind"...

" Less Kind "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Less kind
can't help
but admire
battling robots
offering clarity

chomping down
looking as dazed
as alliteration haters

like old-hat subject matter
parceled out unannounced
depths of character

set up knocked down
inexhaustibly talented
in hipster black
pleated trousers

at stealthy happenings
for sad sacks
having gone off axis...

"Then The Devil"...

" Then The Devil "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Then "The Devil"
of the temple
throwing yourself
against igneous stones
moreover unable to help those
who see notes on their own

bowing down
living the land
casting nets
while calling them
"Demon-Possessed"

rapacious exaggerations
like supernatural ways
as the basis
for pre-occupations

steps
doorways
open
to
interpretation...

"Diving Headlong"...

" Diving Headlong "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Diving
headlong
at all costs
time haunted
to a fault


suspended
steel forms
poised
to launch
into
the Great
Out-of-Doors
while
in mourning

exhausted
unadorned
self-portraiture
glossed over
on pause
up to a point
co-joined...

"Pick Up a Stone"...

" Pick Up a Stone "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pick up a stone
sit on a cushion
consider ideas

alter experiences
of crockery and string
from most-pressingly
wishful thinking

as slightly different
hyper-real practicality
multi-media thought-to-bes
like inventive feelings
while showing up gauzily

assembling peace
for devotees
of light-keepers'
diaries inked invisibly...

"Evil in the Eyes"...

" Evil in the Eyes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Evil in the eyes
setting out
at that time

while being
mobilized
to fight

as a reply
to the roundabout
water pouring over hands

having been
saddled and said
to be in bitter distress
without telling well ahead

lying dead
on the bed
outstretched
head-to-head
looking all red...

" A Quieter Side "...

" A Quieter Side "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A quieter side
goal-spired
parallel lines

continuing
in kind
as black
and white
in relief

wood
card-
board
and
twine

thrilling
to sirens
abstract
in style

like shared
titles
for the slightly
wild

inventively sly
uninvited lineups
of nasty or nice

wily biases
unsurprisingly
seen widely
having gone
silently awry...

"Full-Color"...

" Full-Color "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Full-color
time lines
first days
final days
on the face
of vast arrays

sent out
like ravens
both night
and day

clans
within
nations
each
with
its
own
language
upon
migrant
plains

while
rocking
cradles
households
maintained
all
in
a
name

bowing
low
to
the
ground
doors
broken
down

rising
up
from
the
land

taken
by
the
hand
as
second
chances

peeling
branches
descending
sand...

"On the Rise"...

" On the Rise "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the rise
feats
of pen and ink

brilliant but unlikely
like leading ladies
goggling at audacity

after getting snared
walking hand-in-hand just barely as an example
of evenhandedness

taking inspiration from dance
one foot in the past
prancing with vicariously
shared printed matter...

"Taking a Harder Line"...

" Taking a Harder Line "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking a harder line
revisiting rivals
distributing fliers

surviving on re-hydrated salts long-since slaughtered
quiet exhaustion

suddenly sealed off
sexual assaults
hardly walking

absorbing refugees
living in fear of hostility
native-speaking
constituencies

here illegally
supporting amnesty
tightening series

land-mine fields
foraging riskily
acting nominees

mono-racial natures
of convulsive mayhem
zigzagging actions

shimmering cameras unveiled
yet the shows won't air
after taking yearlong naps
as serial slammings

with dizzying
middles
of winter chills
setting in

like fiendishly
ingenious
multiple
appearances

with little
or no interest
in niceties
growing rickety
woozy figurines...

"Unfolding in Quizzical Episodes"...

"Unfolding
in Quizzical
Episodes"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unfolding
in quizzical
episodes
as images
mostly

like close ups
of lacy filigrees
becoming
especially
bouncy

upon
spreading apart
tectonically
both inferred
and confirmed

superheated springs
clustering gathering
bubbling rift valleys

knobby towers
hungry prowlers
venturing out

like vagaries
being inaugurated to date
housed inside of hangars...

"Burning Brightly"...

" Burning Brightly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Burning brightly
as a reminder
of the unsurprising

steadily declining
while simultaneously
raising eyebrows
throughout life

likened to blue light
through dilated irises
realized in private

blazing white hot
in flickering
lyrical lines

oscillating
with smoky ties
to steamy lives
cords piled high...

"Longtime Strains"...

" Longtime Strains "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Longtime strains
longing to escape
into the less complicated

like little-known gangs
while looming in place
as wild exaggerations

long advocated
as inflationary evasions
under investigation

killer reputations
being outpaced
by high stakes

"Closed on Mondays"...

" WHO SAYS !!! ? "...

" WHO SAYS !!! ?"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

WHO SAYS !!! ?
during conspicuously
dissimilar key familial minutes
of blended wry riddles

into silly installments
for the darlings within
a satirically quirky comedy

after being re-released
intermittently as persnickety
arm-waving fixtures

coming under intense scrutiny
yet never totally out shining
glossy stiff upper lips
while jovially spouting
" PIP-PIP !!! "...

" A Quick Run "...

" A Quick Run "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A quick run
quite simply
to where lifties
don't quit

sitting
in chairlifts
topping lists
of not
costing
anything

like friendly
non-visitors
with deep
reverences
for steep
power skiing

while enlivening
wintertimes
by hiking
over years

quite utterly
turning up
onto hardcore
summits
all from the jump...