"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...

"Suppressed Longings"...

" Suppressed Longings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Suppressed longings
unwrapping layers
reaffirming promises
of the-not-so-hot-
most-probablies

by leap-frogging
over opposites
like pin curling
bobby pins
for blondes

out of boxes and jars
groaning sorrily
during hide-and-seek
for sugar-plum fairies

hitting Mouse Kings
with fluffy slippers
mimicking
the worldly-wise

while wildly
whirling
under the guises
of wizened
white-haired guides...

"In a Bold Stroke"...

" In a Bold Stroke "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a bold stroke
delivered
with cagey intensity
while secretly
following poignant
unbelievability

you guessed it--
like arias melting
into remembrance
with histrionic
gesturings
as affirmations
of tenderness

by singing
dazzlingly
twitching
with spasms
towering
cumulus clouds
bursting out...

"Harvesting the Depths"...

" Harvesting the Depths "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Harvesting the depths
dangling unseen
searching while lapping

in a coastal Shantytown
in saris weaving garlands
with lyrical richness

suggestive of stealth
during great duets
straining for pledges

lost in memory
yet joined together upon death
hewed at the edges...

"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...