Terminal Snooping

" Terminal Snooping "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Terminal snooping
diminutive debuts
crammed into minuscule
senses of bruised


under-fueled finely tuned
hard-and-fast issues
of futuristic breadcrumb clues
crumbled by humans
with grandiose numerals
minus scrutiny


semi-contentedly
as listless directives
within schisms
of hit-and-miss


willfully unhinged
by wisps of ignorance
bearing gifts
jam-packed with the tricks
of tweedy symbologists


antennal lexicons
of migrant monarchs
with green darners'
wings above bodies
held horizontally
no rest and no margin
as slap shots for scoring stars


fitting farewells
crisp and detailed
bare knuckled
no gloves
rebutted rebuffed
come-a-runnin'
out a' da tunnel


in breakups
as breakthroughs
under review
famously staid
reflecting rises and fades
under condemnation
from mandates
of abdication


knowingly or just luckily
like clumsy comeuppance
plugged in
while waiting for winners
beneath the bark of conifers
attracted to lights at night
like false tigers on cacti


next to last
densely haired
desert areas
contractile
carcasses
droppings
shiny or not
death watch...

Unexplainable

" Unexplainable "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Taking aim
heralding change
under speculation
unexplainable flex pay


flagrant loan modifications
spending decades
deciding to break
prior obligations
in violation
of out-of-state
layoffs as payoffs


too big and unwieldy
as overlapping
black-capped chickadees
foraging on twigs
and chunky sea ducks
feeding on mollusks
common to abundant
monogamously hidden
among underbrush


heavily hunted
easily flustered
boyishly undone
culturally befuddled
by neither punk
nor grunge bee venom


crew necked
small headed
predaceous decay
stout bodied
hollowed out


rat-tailed maggots
taking advantage
of esteemed families
as handicappers
handle the slop
without harm
or letting on


complimenting cops
as point guards
international or not
in highly-charged
carnivals of carnage


affinities for hockey's
ricocheted shots
keeping the pressure on
like high-level decibels'
next level of upsets
flirting with heavily-
pressed legends


after starting with fresh parts
using the phrase, "popular"
for those in want hiding in garages
and hopping through backyards
with firm holds on the monopolies
of mixed martial arts genetic glitches
shying away from dinner
avoiding the risk of facing a cliff-
hanger of tradition freely admitted...

Challenges to Wisdom

" Challenges to Wisdom "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Challenges to wisdom
agreeing in principle
to intimate triggers
falling short of ambition


being eked out annually
at double the amount
of the loudest amid doubts
of turning out against let downs
obscured by ousted dust clouds


yellowish brown
laterally flattened
grasping abdomens
parasitic caterpillars


piercing the skin
stocky in build
blackening
yellow jackets
indistinct
or abstract
as species attacks


knowingly navigating
towards a roped-off corner
in a speed machine
while ransacking bodies
of silicon in amiable partings


dropping the artist
in the process
like the nicest possible
snoring heartily
as the hurly-burly elderly


recouping costs
in thumb-nail portraits
with endorsements
of well-fought juggernauts
for digital coffees
on recent mournings


like tracks on salt
in revolving doors
sprawled across
nagging sorts
urged strongly
ticked-off
roiling royalties...

Making Their Way

" Making Their Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Making their way
toward moose attacks
and plastic surgery mishaps
as woefully inadequate
excess capacity


on balance sheets
that don't matter
for hedge fund managers
of air travel


seeking passengers
with the exodus of capital
by big carriers in intimate raptures
of mauve and lilac set to clarinets


pollinated by orchestral yellows
uptempo in tangos of flirtation
touchingly well placed
with the delicacy of ballet


put into place as urbane repartee
like celebrated gangsters
ever sacrificing grace
of filthy-rich patrons


on and off stage
as outlandish clichés
whiling away
scissoring legs
igniting fracases
in instants of rage
all the more devastating...

During the Lull

" During the Lull "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom
Mom Suzán


During the lull
alluring woods
of walnut
done up
in public


humpbacked
spittlebugs
smoky in color
as winged adults


riche-punk
skirts with bustles
filing into the club
in final cuts


fired up
by bystanders
streaked buff
nocturnal
and crepuscular
active after dusk


who's more vulgar
in the clutches
of the unpublishable
made more difficult


erupting
in the forefront
first discussed
as a liquid rush
almost brusquely
lackluster


subject to dungeons
with the minutiae
of one no trump
fully undone


hushed in introspection
craftily peddled
in the leaf litter it frequents
federally protected lockstep


caught up short
shimmying off
as wistful glitter
fond and fickle
consumed in a sitting
through the fog
of glib insignificance


mouth parts dis-similar
absent or vestigial
with little of life's history
present as ungiven


laid in twigs
while living
as nymphs
in atypical spittle
delicate in build
giddily innocent
as artifice on rim
shots of saffron palettes


drained wetlands
riparian stands
solitary or in pairs
while hawking
insects in midair


grating "pink"
drawled lisping "tseep"
plucky heroine eerie
hush undercut
cacophonously
as flashy colors
in seas of ugliness


awkward breaths
tellingly embellished
increasingly frenzied
by tight-rope adrenaline


appropriated for "oooh"
on the prowl for new
parachute jumpsuits
not really mute


deeply abstruse
as lubricants
for middle-finger salutes
in unisex restrooms


reproduced
as virtually see-through
blowups of ruin
like mindless consumers
defrocked and denuded...

With a 'Psst'

" With a 'Psst' "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


With a 'psst'
as highly suspicious
conventional wisdom
vestigally twisted
rasping sucking biddies


stoking disinterest
in the vividly maximalist
sashes of terra-cotta silk
enwrapping fascinatingly big cities


on fresh bed linens
with atypical mixes
of humor and bluntness
in billowy light fixtures


entrenched above credenzas
seemingly in reference
to stressful doll questions
along walls of often forceful
shower heads gone unmentioned


wrought again
as bath collections
with armrests
on other sides
of the bed
often heard
echoing
as best sellers


happier than ever
among the wreckage
clutching a teddy
late at the Met


wearing purple lenses
while eating at desks
with 800 guests
in safety-pin dresses
and shredded fishnets


as early-bird specials
for sun-drenched
creative endeavors
only in the sense
of vials of fragrance


witty and jaded as sacred
powder puffs praised
on flawless faces'
grandest claims
having been pried away
eyes glazed...

Retrieving Wheels of Cheese

" Retrieving Wheels of Cheese "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Moving past scandals
with jellyfish genes
live on Wall Street
mocking offspring


covered in maple
leaves and knotweed
while retrieving
wheels of cheese


as epiphanies
for pickled piglets
and jerk chicken
tending to rekindle
step sisters


with bare minimums
as sibling spin
by Aboriginal children
in organic head trips



both good and bad just after days
teenage campaigns
calling soda commercials racist
as a mainstream phalanx
of home-made carbonation


in combination with tomatoes and eggs
invoking get aways similar in shape
to uninitiated pungent marinades
finding their way to extraordinary
flavors browned and braised


ground to a rough paste
with upper body strength
while sopping up fragrant
tablespoons of entrees


with the promises of grapes
as sweet intakes cooked sustainably
in local landscapes of root-eating
aphids and warm-jowl bacon


riveting minute-by-minute
with a hop and a flick
barely a whisper
off the fingertips
towards the rim
akin to a drop shot
of raw ferocity


fairly hard-bodied
plant hoppers
soft-winged
flower beetles
heads concealed
feathery antennae


emerging suspects
private sectors expelled
holding their breath
getting by defenders
granted clemency
under settlement


rationed daily bread
lines of questioning
changed perspectives
flagging potential
insurgents suspects


monogamous
loose colonies
snails, tadpoles
salamanders
highly gregarious
walking well on land


"cluk , cluck, cut, putt"
powerfully muscular
tail-spread strut
intensified color...

For the Most Part

" For the Most Part "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


For the most part
cold swims in the dark
with amber shades of orange
propelled stolidly as an octopus
vanishing up an arm
anatomically forgotten


as non-combative
skittish species scattering
in recently undamned airspace
as alternatives to manned
inaccuracies and drawbacks
of risk factors in particulate matter


lighted by fireflies superbly unlikely
to be trapped inside their own likeness
as look-alikes wickedly hard-to-find
in bundles of colored wires


shading into violence older and wiser
as primary rivals emphasizing
former sizes of bodies and lives
while pedaling paint-chipped trikes
morphing into hot toddy icons


cherry picked like sweet times
surprisingly just right in line ups
of scruffy beat-up shrugs
from stubbornly rough-and-tumble
vulnerably fuzzy earth mothers

trenchantly thinner
mythically less witty
within the limits
of shape-shifting tinsmiths
of the not-quite-convincing
embracers of risk


deliriously unreliable
like an almost thief
with unfailing penalties
for unethical intents
of maximum sentences


without paying attention
to selections
of multiple-choice tests
while seated next
to everyone else
raising themselves
since obsolescence


dipping in development
rapidly unchecked
like white picket fences
on the many levels
of instant messages


toiling together
in elastic-waist pants
with a positive
side to the latter
of far-flung locales


as members not tenants
of diverse sets
meaning to suggest
playing pat-a-cake

on a grand staircase
of coffee tables
for loftily talking cohorts
munching popcorn
in dorms for paramours
of hand-drawn unicorns...

The Longest Days

" The Longest Days "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The longest days
as unseasonal flowers
bloom freshly for hours
across chenille
soft spreads
of marriage beds
bedecked
by fallen petals


increasingly crying foul
being treated shabbily
for malleability
mislead paid less
having taken
the usual steps
of erection selections


as subsidies for many
returning to the fray
balking at pre-emptive
participation nimbly
invisibly stripped
of privacy hand picked
like comb-finned squid



as social stigmas
lacking in validity
backlashing as flashbacks
of unfairly harvested Vidalias



muddied by crises
of deep reluctancies
thrown off more cautiously
by online pharmacies



threw traditional means
of treating marquee E.D.
more tangibly in onion fields
while facing teary
chemical weaponry...

Like Unlikely Pioneers

" Like Unlikely Pioneers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Like unlikely pioneers
never quite
getting to the center
as a rush of pleasures
in treasure chests
of perpetual momentum
for the not necessarily
born again after long experiments


employing one-tenth as many
doubled back agains
writing huge checks
for American intelligence
supporting efforts
of epical zealots



being jeered
in the streets
doused in gasoline
and incendiary beliefs
sparking feelings
of dark delirium


like twilit gibberish
with nefarious omissions
as refusals to fit in
read in one sitting


fabulously ambitious
probabilistic pictures
that do not disappear
in near misses


since the very beginning
of pitiless cognitive dissonance
tasked with killing
in sinister dominions
while seeing much-needed
angel's wings more easily
as central conceits
snappier as sequels...

Along the Backstretch

" Along the Backstretch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Along the backstretch
at the discretion
of detachable lenses
with a heightened
police presence


as purple hearts
and bronze stars
grow darker
over neon ponchos
scanned
with electronic wands


without letting on
to match up problems
with few good options
while keeping a distance
from the conflict
as the bringer of jollity


on condition of unscripted anonymity bearing the barbed wit of atrocities
as blunt trauma and gunshots
for bombers keep calm
lacking despondency


looking idiotic
in shiny brown oxfords
without socks
like a charmless
script doctor
of pulpy unorthodoxy


poised to take portraits
of unsuccessful porn
with attention deficit disorder
for escorts over the course
of appalling stories
for tiny warriors
with psychics on board


taking time off
from cranky voices
by sallying forth
into the paranormal
while carrying
encrypted crosses
for targeted audiences


louder blunter
conspicuously missing
after gigs
with one last fictional cringe
in sitcom oblivion
while in the skinny...

A Once-Quiet Stretch

" A Once-Quiet Stretch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


A once-quiet stretch
even through recession
nevertheless storytellers
of transcendental largess


as culturally sagging tag teams acclaimed for streetwise
writings with abrasive psyches
by in hammers and strings


relentlessly self-reflexive
spontaneously theoretical
tired devices of nothing trifling
like groundbreaking reboots
mediocre to outright


slapped or spit upon
while miming an easily
portrayed bitchily
feverish misogyny


in not clear surly theater
glittering pink
with reproduction capacities
annoyingly newbie


showing more skin without stigma
in bold bidding of upside down signals
drawing inferences at risk
of expert's skills claiming nine tricks
with film clips of 4-4 spade fits


for getaway destinations
fingers separated and splayed
seldom raised in declaration
as bracelets and anklets
of spiraling undulations


legs raised and angled
thigh height
with utmost politeness
newly copyrighted
after taking early retirement
line by line with supertitles...

Tripped Up by Hunches

" Tripped Up by Hunches "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Facing the overall
before and after
infatuation of dating
on a leafy street
during a crime spree


storing bodies
after bombings
cautiously monitored
real or not


from a lot farther
as unidentified flying objects
sounding alarm bells
of healthy skeptics in self defense


twice elected while out of session
thinking new meetings will help
with extraterrestrials as staff members


scientifically declassified
as skyward sightings
of social butterflies


with mud being slung
after choosing not to run
as dysfunctional incumbents
tripped up by hunches


as anxiety erupts
long before the rising sun
like unknown outcomes
of muckety mucks...

Wringing a Living

" Wringing a Living "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Wringing a living
with the faultless fluidity
of a flimsy simmer
with flinty close kin


in voice overs
from the pokey
as out takes of hope
too often mis-spoken


patiently free of shame
like compilations
of non-inspiration
in neck chains
at an ambling pace


in blown noses
and overbites
watched over
ineptly in tone
as crossovers


exceeding grasps
at odd angles of morality
while fawning glossily
as brazenly poignant
straight talk
guilelessly lively
ludicrously lovely


in nude photo shoots
true to style
profoundly satisfying
when glimpsed from behind


obnoxiously spotty
sequenced with slobbering charm
while throbbing with discards
of the comically spot on


agreeably bleak
like encirclings
of terminal timidity
superciliously
lacking in sympathy


breathlessly sexy
implausibly
swimming naughtily
along sidewalks
of chalk drawings


like miasmic bon amis
beat up preachily
by innkeepers
as secret ingredients
come back cheesily
in pre-released
emergent indies...

When it Comes to Art

" When it Comes to Art "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


When it comes to art
irregardless of the jargon
of flash mobs chaotically
recruiting posies for round robins


as back ups for bereft fathers
during Mother's Day Garden Parties
on industrial red carpets proximal
to the Bronx as cathartic
nods to gin and tonics


striking illicitly safe at a distance
dressed similarly not identically
while smiling in top hats and ties
with adrenaline highs
for button-pushing archetypes


positioned stage right
as nights solidify
minus compromise
gathering outside
improvised two at a time
serpentinely forthright
while singing lines like:
"biopic blood ties bind"


self-pityingly weepy
turning the other cheek
unconvincingly like a sphinx
while seething underneath
imagined sequels
of the company we keep


brazenly absent
after scattering ashes
as characters slip
into murderous suspicion
of artsy kinships...

War Was Constant

" War Was Constant "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


War was constant
preferable to dishonor
in suits of armor
as brutal phenomenons
with detachable parts


eavesdropping
staples of horror
balding bouffant
vaguely alarming


bathed in orange
lowly downtrodden
friends of the obviously
unpopular newly-cobbled
not-for-profit scholarly


demolished decorative arts
as family coats of arms
carved on facades
of improminence


hot and smelly
secretly cherished
involuntarily messy
ending up
obsessively having sex


steeling away
into misty morning rains
left in place on picnic tables
for gangsters satiated
by wedding cake
cigarettes and bouquets
on short breaks
with hands raised...

Not an Anomaly

" Not an Anomaly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Not an anomaly
of silicon for the Amish
as birth control policies
about to leave the job


while exploding populations
and climbing birth rates
in the most populous states
are blamed by the right to remain
silently radicalized


during deaths by suicide
being fueled by high crime
and small-time violence
while firey spires rise
on the Fourth of July
surviving alternative sites
of drone strikes
by hiding in boats nearby


as splashier
attention grabbing
mash ups of tragically
tabloidy uproars
become immersed
in the digital world
while winking
with hands on hips


in a spotless kitchen
offering up nonissues
as definitively vintage
collard hot dishes
as the hubris
of sole individuals
in ethnic exhibitions


wistfully indiscriminate
as templates for ships'
masthead figures
wearing pant legs
for doe-eye food chains
of wax-based face makeup
melting in front of fireplaces
while gazing up in resignation...

DNA Aberrations

" DNA Aberrations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

DNA aberrations hooked together
in strange ways
accused of impeding investigations
as disconnects translated
like cancer disasters
after blasts scrambled in crashes
laid bare stanched the morning after


rallied into lands of flannel
with contraceptives wisely available
when the ask takes place
planning and pampering
before blanketing began
as patent leather fantasies
of fact before flagged-down families
began with proposals of marriage


like cactus calculus
confidently expansive
as imaginative cocktails
for rooftop gardeners
switching to moxie
in spectacles of barley


on graffitied streets
with senses of intimacy
fashionably blank faced
after coming of age
as oases of mistakes
in relatively small spaces


made from big donations
while dying of complications
during upgrades for chronic pain
cleverly put in place
with sheep sheers to carve shapes
on examination tables
with misinformation...

Skyscrapers Inches High

" Skyscrapers Inches High "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Skyscrapers inches high
out for a Sunday ride
on revved-up bikes
for short whiles
like longtime
tight-knit survivors
shirtless on Long Island
at graveside databases


offering tastes of various states
waking up and making eggs
angled lankily snapped away
pinching in ingredients of anarchy
sporadically shifting the shims
of lifelong spritzers with salted rims
in the din of pigs ears served crispy


after the barber had finished
surviving Hitler by getting tipsy
with homebuilders on doctors' visits
never having had children
coming back for dinner
thick on the grill gone missing
without a will still living
as silver-haired fit kin
slipping in before the band quits


hindering ladder
access to farm stands
picked by hand
as upticks in demand
in emails on iPads
with goose eggs
now available


as higher yoke-
to-white ratios
likened to leftovers
of free-range poultry
with the contents drained
in destinations
with rolled-down gates
while presiding
at card tables


getting carried away
while dues paying
querulously irritated
rocking in wicker cradles
of the present day


already understated
by code breakers
unaware of dangers
overdosing
on medications
in crisis situations
where glazing
is all it takes
to sustain inflation-
proofed arboretums...

Really Didn't Want Kafka

" Really Didn't Want Kafka "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Really didn't want Kafka
finding Florida on the contrary
tearing apart shocking bonds
of warmth and charm


precisely as opposites
like unwilling partners
of the self-conscious
in a first novel
as final volumes


prices start
with the absence of comedy
shying away with white out
like sibling rivals
obsessively whining


in a house divided
unstintingly scrutinized
while spewing birthrights
transcribed like rewrites


thereby denying
apparently mindless
misidentified entitlements
structurally codified
as perfectly fine


entirely unrealized
yet extremely timely
while earning stripes
in a final demise


like a sniper of childhood
gone wild with anxiety
by way of the knife
with a built-in light...

Approximate Running Times

" Approximate Running Times "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Approximate running times
for playwrights at the end of life
left feeling lighter with surprises
like glinting comic relief of singer-
songwriters schmoozing unsung lives


dramatically
making the case
for music labels
sometimes devastated
onstage as hard labor


finding conceit distasteful
in adaptation to the fatal
as impassioned evocations
only a stone's throw away


during police raids
whose star us fading
having concocted
blurring of the lines
ensnared by desire


contrived by,
"not quite"
manipulated by,
"much of the same"
but, "not always"
like icy-fingered slights
of rat-raced satires


as scant dialogue
in unidentified environs
of isolation having survived
mechanical bull rides


like triangles nearing the eye
safely gliding ever tightening
smashing adversaries into scrap
in final battles as spectacular
last stands befalling the land


aimlessly dancing
with knockout whammies
after taking a stab
at bedraggled sea chanteys


awaiting the release
legally and logistically
as harrowing
as filling in the blanks
as distractions
in the middle of the pack
of self-analyses


rather bitterly mixed up ineptly
repeatedly breaching the brink
while riding bicycles and grinding teeth
illicitly limiting the tedium
by not revealing grisly incredulity


passing too closely
neither joining in nor quitting
after fracturing shoulders
and collarbones and coping by doping
cloned human hormones
in sensational overtones containing
the most overblown footnotes


like less glamorous roles
as the Dow closes
unbeholdingly for shareholders
in nagging yard sales
for wayward candidates


after the train has left the station
with dividend payments
having helped shape
ricochetting glass makers


irreverent for decades
like bedroom behaviors
appropriated on bedside tables
as aspirations of fung shui...

Bubble Worries

" Bubble Worries "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Bubble worries
ballooning
bottom lines
set aside
unauthorized
complaints filed


promising tips
bill cramming
overly attached
juice for tablets


kickstands
in the back
of enormous
stature


gruesome
photographs
graphic details
few fans
of grand masters


tax-bite tailored
middle class
public attractions
like pancreatic cancer


slashed demands
mobile ads given scale
zones from fracturing
country acts taken aback


bypassed absent
sent packing
asymptomatic
implant mishandlings


prematurely failing
metal and plastic
selling gas
turning into a dad


deceptive blasts
as crude salvos
ravaged and abandoned
tearing rabidly


with ferocity
like lovers that dare
to cover scandals
of savoir-faire


while happily tail kicking
with twin-fisted efficiency
under conditions of anonymity
usually in six-figured "Playbills"


slightly uptight yet radiantly
seizing on some flimsy
overbearing Philistine
appeasingly suspicious
of ennobled wishes


in sonorous choruses
while blocking chords
tinged with recall
when all is lost
match point...

Indifferent or Indiscriminate

" Indifferent or Indiscriminate "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Indifferent or indiscriminate
dressed to kill war weary
stranded dolphins on Cape Cod
bottle nosed smoldering
gulping being coaxed
out in droves of crossbows


etched all over as eye openers
on loan like loopholes in gazebos
rarely in sync hanging from the ceiling
every year since gone missing
as robotic figures in armor


peacocking in the fashion flock
glitzy parties fanciful progenies
surges in artistry delving deeper
filigreed chroniclings out of courtesy


zeroing in at the peak of red pleats
on the street feeling the squeeze
fleeing uncertain journeys
in dingy port cities poised for freedom


foundering at sea with impunity
comforting weeping refugees
dodging police with urban amnesty
while lacking amenities
more beholding to bulldozing
on the dole on rudimentary roads
in violations of codes since grown...

Jarring and Provocative

" Jarring and Provocative "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Googled art reviews
half hidden half human
perimeters of the herd
geometric at first
staking claims to turf
with eyes burning
in massacres
of vice versa


dumb pumped and ugly
in bulk as unsecured luxuries
in mosh pits of hungrily overstuffed
bungalows blown up
impinging on one another


as eyes struggle
with scrappy construction
of pop cultures for disrupted lovers
like corruptive colors slung together
by spontaneous combustion


emblazoned hands raised
as legacies to leather and lace
lurking backstage in the basement
like dumb stuff just made up
crude jarring and provocative
while yelping and walloping wantonly...

So Pronounced

" So Pronounced "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


So pronounced
as unsuccessful battles
in a clearinghouse
of beige boxes in a closet
for stolen property


like remarkable memoirs
of the impossible
as pursuits of bruised art
in catastrophic
burned-out hospitals
for the prized bronzes
of the impoverished


involuntarily expecting to crest
while lifting wolf protections
when nickel fetches public comments
well over forgotten authentic suspects
running from debts of the influential


taught to play melodies
to keep it that way
by appearing on radio
as instrument makers
carried off stage
vocal tracks later


back to cocaine
after changing labels
like elder statesmen
changing cassette tapes
nearly every day
in narrow inaccessible places...

Doesn't Matter

" Doesn't Matter "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Doesn't matter
sitting on a backless
muscle mass
making tomorrow happen


in non-sleeping patterns
while stretching the back
in not-too-taxing
activities of critical factors


as predictive powers
enabling Samaritans
with second opinions
to simply stop eating


within nurseries of pink
along with amenities
of being unnecessarily treated
by reconstruction techniques


education and screening
double mastectomies
skipping sunscreen
for branding disease


making up studies
over the summer
ending up mulling
over puzzling subjects
finely sculpted
as eyebrows went up...

Unfinished Business

" Unfinished Business "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


A reopening
of unfinished business
saved as similar
words overheard
like a search
for the particularly
baffled first person


twisted blacklisted in film
by committees of fiction
progressively different
up until dinner in a bit
of voyeuristic long distance


like the changing lyrics
inscripted in pinky rings
of self-consciously
whirling trajectories
sitting entirely still


jealously split
collaborative ever since
resonantly commissioned
by illogical rituals
shed like snakeskin


spending a long time
frightened at midnight
riffing off ideas
as subpoenas


literally chased
character based
name to name
like real-life neighbors


completely wasted
passed on to babies
soloed away
while hoping to emulate
glamour on stage...

Changing the Dynamic

" Changing the Dynamic "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Changing the dynamic
sputtering in shambles
instead of flailing


struggling in no huddles
turned into fluxes
kept running by build ups


like unconstructed rushes
without the backup
of life-threatening maladies


reactive in practice like sticky bans
of the coaching staff for champions
widening the gap by building ramps


dirt sand and trash
as forces of collapse
ruled unaccountable


in sold-out crowds
of prowess strewn with towels
during first-round ousters


akin to bringing an outsized
house down in a rout
like a strike out with a slider


resuscitated by keen-eyed
costume design resized
to fit a child outright


in bona fide premieres live
as nightmarish archetyped icons
inherently improvised big time...

Only in Remnants

" Only in Remnants "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Only in remnants
of must-see events
going well as hope
for a mother lode
of smartphones
still in tuxedos


playing major roles
hung in the Smithsonian
like insect embryos
undergoing old skin molts
lettered sub-coastally


named for the vein
like resting stages
of inane behaviors
ranging from a few days
in distasteful simulations
not your typical subway
as summer generations



square-tipped marking pens
taking to the ground in steps
like unusual residents
especially in the west
while playing roles of temperatures


cold blooded
no internal mechanisms
like lateral baskers
with darkening scales
taking full advantage


laying eggs
only around midday
antennae straightened
in dense vegetation
seeking mates
under cliff overhangs


as salt intake
actively engaged
until after eight
during daylight savings
with increased appreciation


preventing inhumane
abnormal haunts
over the the long haul
with pairs of forceps


handling postage stamps
in transparent plasticine sleeves
being released during butterfly season
temperatures above freezing
found in the clear...

The Language of Pattern

" The Language of Pattern "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The language of pattern
not affording to dawdle
unmuzzling genes
using their proteins
in healthy colonies
spreading quickly


killing its victims
by biting off bits
of the parasitic
with capacities
for grammar
from the Latin


"fractus" flabbergasted
on campus by the mathematics
of facts in heretical abstractions
like finite challenges
as enigmatic alphabets


fresh or processed
particularly trendy
yet totally unexpected
versus the heavy
warmer weather


generally selling
as accessories
of increasing percents
questioning contents
without question


like spring dresses
and royalty checks
for the newest collection
while tussling with spectrums
of surviving under-represented
members hammered together


sets of Stetsons
many mezzos of envy
with wild abandon
in handfuls of sass
like alternatives to sand
as former faves tramping
while our mileage varies...

A True Rarity

" A True Rarity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


A true rarity
snapping off tails
paler markings on scales


moveable eyelids
legless lizards
mistaken for snakes


head body length
prominent with age
when regenerated


as racers and whip snakes
except during hibernation
in some parts of the range


foraging throughout the day
decidedly isolated
in clumps of vegetation


with heads raised
in rugged terrain
savagely escaping


yanking away
at widely separated
lacerations


after scooting
into unknown places
between adjacent labials


hissing and vibrating
getting ready to strike
boldly outlined


difficult to define
suffused with light
like opposite types


as remnants of juveniles
anally divided by anterior eyes
at the mouth line of a viperous bite...

The First Lure

" The First Lure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The first lure
of the persistently perky
not so sure


as strictures
of anonymity
still at issue


like sadistic headmistresses
dwarfed by unscripted millions
in silence for just minutes


sustaining interest
while resembling mannequins
front and back with a faint slap


neither salacious nor pornographic
sensual or ecstatic
breaking through the placid


mild-mannered before hands
as insomniacs gone mad
in song tracks backed by bands


firm and passionate
unlikely to react
as alternatives to a sandman


stringy-haired protagonists
take their chances at random
amounting to dares


like the outlandish
chomping on club sandwiches
while the air crackles...

The Dizzying Plunge

" The Dizzying Plunge "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The dizzying plunge
stuck in a rut
of federal cuts


not fearsome enough
from unusually sluggish
too lates for some


spinning as a compass
of simultaneous stock jumps
vanquishing the moneyed


stalling after months
of sign ups
and screw ups


as the world's momentum
in the months ahead
unbecomingly lost in recession


with the exception of a sequester
more or less at the onset
of rushed-through measures
standing together in bottlenecks...

Lacking Star Power "

" Lacking Star Power "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Referring obliquely
to the needy
drawn from people
in chains of custody


as ramifications of collapsing
cracks for activists
like contractors making magnets
that actually attract


in decisions to allow
the restructuring of sounds
by clamoring for systematic
adaptations to barge traffic


in paperbacks if they happen
as gatherings of established
offensive tackles
lacking star power


in riotous ramblings
through brambles
of chairmen under fair use
on a flagstone tarmac...

Seeking Better Intelligence

" Seeking Better Intelligence "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seeking better intelligence
after thwarted attempts
quickly corrected

as sarin at small scales
judging 'Gatsby' in tactics
of exemplary spats

in adaptation like acrobats'
circus packages with original jackets
of radical tactics for barge traffic

offensive tackles
both brash and flashy
in the rubble of collapse

requiring more capital
during bailouts
as last-chance razzle dazzle

less savvy stagecraft
like sing and dance
as menageries of tragedy

more than crass in first class
on their behalf
like the long-lasting unprepared

slingshots as wallets
squeaking popping
simulating tree frogs

temporary ponds
bombarded by rocks
in marshes of hydrocarbons

like novelties just getting started
exotically slapping a flattened hand
while grasping casualties

fastened to wooden handles
snapping turtle tails with salamanders
while carrying a snake in a bag...

Intergradation

" Intergradation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ceremonial openings
set in motion
by pomp and parade
feeling constrained

as safety nets praised
in name-calling debates
with quests for inter-racial
inauguration days

never mentioning
the word, "gay"
equated days later
stopping climate change

robust articulation
devastated by rage
in ditches and cattle tanks
keel down back and carapace

intergradation taking place
in shallow lakes
of isolated populations
basking and wary

on panhandles
as fully adult males
with very long nails
wandering about the land

heavily scaled black hatchlings
" calipee " " calipash "
succulent gelatinous
imagined aphrodisiac

mainly of grass and pads
hinged across plastrons
as shallow pallets
burrowing mammals

still in demand
yellowish and tan
almost anywhere
beady scales

running on land
sliding dashing
in mud or sand
for breaths of air...

Applied to Movement

" Applied to Movement "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Applied to movement
as changing solutions
like chopped tomatoes in juice
and adding anchovies if using
nutritional tablespoons

smelling fragrantly
in advanced preparation
adding water to moisten
assuring anonymity

as living things
of subsurface habitability
in long tunnels
of vulnerable species

burrowing to construct
how we judge
newsy topics as the flu
from quirky to abstruse
in infusions of diluted
genetic pools...

Instantly or Semi-Instantly

" Instantly or Semi-Instantly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Instantly or semi-instantly
for no apparent reason
as touches of whimsy
allotted as monumentally
arching soffits costing a lot


as enduring charm
with the flair of artistry
loosely speaking
but never actually occurring


like leaping zebras
downed in a stiff drink
of idiosyncrasies
while on the brink
of a raid sequence


otherwise engaged
by watchful waiting
in a frontal gaze
of manifold implications


like taxidermic animals
getting back on track
as affluent benefactors
cross sectioned as characters
after lapsing from human contact


following the wind
in wicked summits
of small white rumps
plainer backed
scalloped scapulars
nesting on marshy ponds
in large colonies


as prickly pears
of green pads
in small scales
like native plants
on plains
and prairies
cactus candy


lanceolate heart-shaped
frequently escaping
broadly ovate
shapes of basal
rocky banks


handsomest seeded capsules
scarcity in some areas
sticky sap boat-shaped bracts
leafy branches
sizable patches long after


the worried well
undetectably
harmed by good health
after getting up
and stretching
during reduced incidences
of infection
while seeking further help
from ounces of prevention
as sedentary rinsed well...

Murky Legacies

" Murky Legacies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Murky legacies
deemed weakened
by digitally lean
minorities as cheerleaders
for multi-religious themes


with deal-making abilities
colliding with codpieces
concocted by pharmacies
after scrambling randomly
in financial disasters


unmasked by tailwinds
from elsewhere
disproportionately
stronger in spring and fall


like pelagic black-legged
kittiwakes heads and napes
smudged with gray still waiting
for emailed statements

not just as creation
of industry chains
as take-no-prisoners
examinations of 401(K)s
for decision makers

never having made
minimum wage
as a blazing stars
species name

in unwanted flavors
spiking rayless
over well-separated
ranges elongating
on occasionally
alternating ungainly days...

Tripping Seraphims

" Tripping Seraphims "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Squarely into the middle
with victims losing limbs
as Biblical equivalents
of tripping seraphims
stumbling at the finish


in arresting images
like pilgrims transfixed
by ballistically grisly
derelict terrorists


scourged
by unheard
words of utter
uncertainty
while being
bullied
and bawling
during a brawl


as star-crossed
soft landings
with crossed swords
backs to the audience


rejoindered by applause
in a bombed-out performance
unbecomingly dubbed,
" out of doors "


in unusually strong
influential songs
softly soaring
after fleeting across
trigger points


as disastrous zigzags
hailed as unassailable
bolts and nails
never flagging in prayer...

Aforementioned

" Aforementioned "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán


Aforementioned
blacktopped again
like whatevers
as best we can
in machinations
of the not always
accurate coming back
with a lack of disparities


combing hair
at the grande up there
bantering inadequately
wrestling with mortality
on a laptop in a rattan chair


as scratchy misunderstandings
of advocacy enacting
sorting outs for the sell outs
stamped out by black magic
in acts after the fact


like interlocking vamps
and bandleaders
becoming enchanted
by corporate branding
at Roseland
with the Goosefoot Family


radiantly symmetrical
bisexuals or unisexuals
introduced as members
turning reddish


extending stems
separate petals
exuding sap from cracks
in extensive mats
as parts detach
from poverty grasses
foreshortened radically
as actual terminal panicles...

Penalties Reflected

" Penalties Reflected "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán


Penalties reflected
in an Etch a Sketch's
post-recessional potential
in rows of pedestals
and along parapets
in moments of sinewy stillness


while living in the unnatural conditions
of half-timbered buildings
filled with fallibilities
spoofed by bobbing balloons
during trips to the zoo
in collaborative groups
trying to feed food
to cud chewers still on view
with blades bit through


with shaky reigns far and away
hastened toward big gains
like long-time patriots
oh how times have changed
as severely underestimated
improved data in the latest
communiques while weighing
complaints of cattle waste
and rattle snakes in digital ages


as compensation
when flights are delayed
by sequestered legislation
becoming too broad
and seriously flawed
in consortiums of last calls
while falling short as false
androidal reports of slaughtered
horses transported from across
the border in an uproar


like leafless stalks escaping
from cultivation in tooth shapes
with fine veins and foul-
smelling flowers that attract carrion
narrowly facing downward
no matter how fallow the ground


reddish brown nearly throughout
whorled around as menstral disorders
except for far north like essential oils
of the so called strongly coarse
yet ornamentally elongated sprawl...

Pivotal and Political

" Pivotal and Political "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán


Pivotal and political
unfortunate slips
as testy tempers
of unsettling senses
like incandescence
with the tastiness
of multidisciplinary
fennel and fringed gentian


erect smooth stems
irregular petals
elliptical leaflets
tapering ends
visceral grievances
avenging deaths
as dissents
from the bench
and misconduct
by the defense
within the realm
of jurisprudence


constrained
in a regulatory maze
once the veneer
of civilization
stacked on increasingly
mangled small tables
scraped away
as street savvy
proliferations of beige


staged on runaway runways
looming large with black leggings
while marching in parades
and staking claims to ticker tape
in full-service operations as staples
of made-up moneyed games
of modern-day fragrances
like cult favorites that won't fade away


after cantering throughout crusades
as tankers sank on vintage radio
station configurations undulating
in choppy waves dinged and replaced
like breastplates waged as magnates
of speculation kept circulating
while hanging with revelations
widely spaced profanely
as soulful appreciation
for the armless clay
of constant change...

From One Wing to Another

" From One Wing to Another "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From one wing
to the other
after pulling the plug
and barking
at one another

as subadults' mea culpas
over open country
in mediocre descending notes
lower and lower in tone

evoking plovers
with postocular spots
and cobweb nods
minutely barbed
yet noxiously prominent

as glandular hairs
in woodlands
of fused anthers
lanceolately clasping
while thriving on bare
arctic strands

with the futility of capture
unwrapped in visceral fashion
like portentously theatrical
contextualized facts sent packing
totally out of character...

Provoked

" Provoked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Provoked
praised for boldly
onerous
gender-controlled
fashion shows


seemingly serious
in need of feverish immediacy
like runway pieces
for high-end boutiques


including baggy jammys
worn backwards
as shammies
on designer racks


stagnating labels
in half the cases
of hand-made
blue lasers
for over-the-top
presentations


individually portrayed
as single shades
of black jacks in spades
during bridge games


being played
while wearing
light-weight chambray
at card tables
on sunny days


painted and framed
like navy windbreakers
of tailor-made crazy eights
evenly spaced and uncomplicated
in new generations of plainness


interfacing the graceful
in all sorts of ways on estates
of former days in many ways
mundane like white-gloved fame
for slaves put up in the basement


as wind-swept games of trade
at the end-stage
of a non-profit organizations
taking their names
from human remains...

Slightly Arched

" Slightly Arched "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Slightly arched
fairly common
underparts
uniformly dark
rufous barred


slightly cocked
nasal quality
" kee-ah "
dominant conifer


less harsh
large flocks
southern parts
crested caracaras
spinal columns
of undetermined origins


initial winter
two-toned bill
lower pitched
post-breeding visitor


roof tops sand bars
coarsely scaled raspy
upright stances
generally rare
white trailing


raucous noisy cackling
" go-back go-back "
bubbling air sacks
aquatic " kak-kak-kak "
casual straggler


range and habitat
under tail broader bands
sooty pale offshore elsewhere
red tailed colorfully bare...

Airy Tickley

" Airy Tickley "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Airy tickley
leading ladies
made plain
as Sunday matinees

incarnate
like psychic breaks
of formulaic statements
for avian compilations

on stream banks
for scrub jays
well out of range
of nasally ravens

becoming grayish
at the base
in mysterious
strains of impatiens

summed up as malaise
responding gamely
to petticoat interpretations
as storage spaces for estates
after passing away...

Now Terhered

" Now Tethered "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom, & Mom-Mom Suzán


Now tethered
at an opening reception
of howevers as dance filaments
with self-identities at the center


reading text messages
of the glittery set
in reinvention
as corrective measures


stunning yet unimpressive
keeping to themselves
as single concepts
minus dementia


with vibrant rugby stripes
where the answer lies
while trying to fit just right
but never really minding why


winding up forthrightly
on the unbearable side
above the biceps of otherwise
like pricey designers
darting like dragonflies


streaked above riptides
in the wilds of madras bow ties
once spied like faint outlines
on the wild side
of noncompliance


gone awry as giant
black-eyed oxeyes
as lance-leaved
sneezeweed
with mouse ears...

Hilly Terrain

" Hilly Terrain "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Hilly terrain
neck shorter
tail longer
horned fore neck

wintering on salt
in North American waters
miles offshore
mainly in late fall

before taking off
forehead and lores
comparatively smaller auklets
expanding northward

long and drawn out
cinnamon overall
as many more
north of the forest

rapid staccato
communal saguaro
monotonously less common
sighted in Florida

with white spotting
and dog-like barks
largest and darkest
heavily barred

ear tufts prominent
spaced well apart
as suburban gardens
oak-conifer

psychological nuance
gathered as artworks
before departing
soldiering on

becoming demolished
architectural projects
blocks and blocks
rock solid salt marsh

frequently arching
wild garlic
long linear flat
seeded capsule

fibrous skin
showily loco
members of both
waste place and fragrance

yellow at the base
native to Asia
in grotesque shapes
broadly ovate

common names
singular lengths
like dried bouquets
tending to disintegrate

escaping cultivation
in succulent chambers
protruding stamens
long and fragrant

poisonous to grazing
nectar accumulations
in heart shapes
open at the base

ovate to lanceolate
genus names
cone shapes
germinate...

Raising Crises to New Heights

" Raising Crises to New Heights "

by Suzán Jiván,
Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán


Raising crises to new heights
like primary paradigms
of long goodbyes
traced to be widely hybridized
radical ideas


flipping, twisting
rotating and detaching
too gruesome to display
as confirmation
of a decentralized bank


overtaken by cascades
of incoming information
at a rapid pace
by quasi former heads of state
while on their breaks


going to great lengths
to overtake condemnation
of the days tangled takes
from a quaking home stake
of miscalculations


in a five-block radius
frozen in anticipation
of further deregulation
as calculated inundations
from friends and neighbors
analysts and agents
with arcane names


largely escaping
through engraved entryways
of cheerless transformation
by the highly educated's
vast lack of imagination


met by the chief complaints
of the ultra-safe startling arrays
in northern constellations
as anonymous yellow stars


half again as large as the odds
of cosmological demolishment
by astronomers tearing at the hearts
of the bygone allies of the arts


like collaged shrinking foreign policies
favoring roles and shapes
pre-packaged and pre-arranged
as somewhat ornate lightweight
angular waists of curvaceously
exaggerated enablements


debuted as paintings
defined by waves
at close range
of irreplaceable
tissue paper


seen as the basis of conté crayons
giving way to accurately conveyed
new angles like long and languid
punctuation in promising placements
quarantined by gray plights of state


like imperfect accommodations
of slightly archaic subjects rotating
in collaboration with botanical
exactitude pared down in recapped
enchanted crosshatchings


raising savvy capital
as sensuality in tiny dabs
painted to last in comparison
with captured anatomy
bent backwards to snatch
endangered bottomlands
from mixed woodlands


like pitcher plants
and yellow flag
bearing bladders
with small bracts
in time capsules
as scraps sent packing
in fragments


believed to have mattered
in comparison
with appearances cogently handled
after failing to find traction


pragmatically unannounced
incalculably diplomatic
changes of tactical magnitude
distractingly invalid
at the maximum right flank


tenaciously crashing
up against brashly
outlasted shortened chapters
as tactical analyses
willfully and unpredictably
indistinguishable...