Infectious Nevertheless

" Infectious Nevertheless "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Infectious nevertheless
alternately intrepid
and disrespected
salvageable remnants

tersely factual
and telegrammatic
like ramshackled dust flaps
deviously reimagined

while working on tans
and rebuilding castles of sand
by calling on brats as mishaps
of high-wire acts

closing the gap
as it so happens
with little chance
of latching onto tall tails

after cantering two laps
with sacks of snacks
on madcap horseback
unable to keep track of chitchat

tripping tartly and jollily
in bottom-heavy horn sections
of discredited artists in residence
minus transcendence

deftly up against
shrewd assemblages
of heroes and heroines
with no obvious merit

in bizarre endings
brutally addressed
by hyperextended
bedroom sex

invariably spectral
yet unintentionally elegant
reared-up heads
of utterly adept taloned menaces...

Plumed and Veiled

" Plumed and Veiled "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Plumed and veiled
love affairs haltingly tamped
down and falteringly unmasked
becoming entangled within the grasp
of a wedding band outside of a grand
manor of overlapping adages

like old-fashioned
slow dances
as strings of casualties
within out-of-the-way
anonymous hallways

obliquely related
to hard-to-find publications
like ancient havens
of public domain

blooming and fading
bowing and scraping
in windswept places
as captions conveying
veins of origination
on paper in prosaic beiges

illustrating fateful claims
by returning to normal sized one day
like revelatory preoccupations
with order and chaos
on informational labels

quoting inane conversations
of cumulative situations
without the tedium of waiting
as emblazoned pupils dilate
on crude paintings
of women's faces just in case...

Flagged with Flashy Patter

" Flagged with Flashy Patter "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Secreted away in a distillation
of random mimicry with the legitimacy
of anything and everything
like white booties over recognizably
spoofy cerulean tycoon shoe boots
in blue-chip galleries of hygienic white

rigged with gimmickry
like low-lying flattering light
for an opulently attired
bare-chested chap
with his wig pushed back
while teetering
on the peculiarity of action

between the present and past
by stepping back
for demonic contrast
as enigmatically extravagant
billowy black flagged
with flashy patter...

Over-rated and Out-flanked

" Over-rated and Out-flanked "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Its signature number
a chamber production
in buildings crumpling
under punk without a drummer

in live setups note-to-note
with the heavy overtones
of clomping meat and potatoes
exposing grisly layers of anger

while scratching their way
over-rated and out-flanked
by the vagaries of language
and poor reputations

in round-robin exchanges
hankering to take us
to undomesticated
helmed locations

in five basic templates
of unreadable faces
within echo chambers
for ungainly parroted names...

Locales for Absentee Chorales

" Locales for Absentee Chorales "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Ringing out
the most harrowing
annual turnaround
now old-fashioned
and mispronounced

in the backs of chapels
as locales for absentee chorales
of lost sentimentality
surrounded by out-cast
welcome mats
of the liturgical past

caught up
in the outpouring
of a singalong
erupting in applause
on street corners

being besieged
by Sotheby's
during the upheaval
once the cut is complete
while wielding
antiseptic feelings

behind the scenes
dwarfed by surroundings
with slightly surprising
dodgy science as story lines

with touching sights
of uncompromised
lucky strikes archived
by the outdoorsy-minded
caught as insiders
bamboozling clients
with sidewinders
in firefights...

Impartially Parsed as Voilàs

" Impartially Parsed as Voilàs "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

No proof
of having been looted
in a screwed-up
point of view
with little nuance
followed on
jarringly wallowing
elbowing away
while bangs sway
like a contrarian
counterweight
to a stone-faced
interchangeable
contagion
of mandated
golden halos
in affidavits
of the sacred
impartially parsed
as voilás...

Canons of Cannots

" Canons of Cannots "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The fictionalized mix
of the dead of winter
empty, non-reflective
within a welter
of mayhemmed clichés

cuttingly unfavored
going to great lengths
nowadays once disdained
for having taken the play
charts away as a plagiaristically
hard-to-embrace heartache

like targeted pharmaceuticals
for ad hoc landmark apartnesses
as innocuously modern
as dismissively histrionic
canons of cannots...

A Soul-Scraping Roof-Raising

" A Soul-Scraping Roof-Raising "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

As befits the original
rippled whiskers
and Cheshire grins
beside tintypes
of Billy the Kid

like wish fulfillment
in limited editions
of footprints
with periwigged
alien skin
as cosseted origins

spiking like camouflaged objects
as composites of diabolical goings on
where shopping is optional
within a full-sized facade

becoming out-numbered
by the runners up in gluts
of pop-up smut
no worse than dull
and not for nothing

unstructured such as subtle
divulgements gone public
like a frustrated mother's
pablum cunningly jump cut
by a soul-scraping
roof-raising exposé
with the vérité
of a remake...

As Slackened Arms Dangle

" As Slackened Arms Dangle "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The smallest but most elaborate
incorporating all manner
over the careworn past

overridden by piety
dead wood, new life
skin tight, secretly mighty
like a benign pied piper

with a softly rounded mouth
gradually astounded
by a balancing act
stripped down mechanically
with the use of gravity

as an outlet for red-lacquered
conviviality, dazzlingly lavish
with languid tendrils down the back
gently batted, unabashedly attractive
as inclined backs, oddly flat
suddenly expansive

thrillingly apparent
with gorgeous contrast
meeting the handle
smarmally deadpan
as slackened arms dangle...

The Passion of an Outcast

" The Passion of an Outcast "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

No longer
merely
a ramped-
up offering
lousily drunk
on the hard stuff
not for nothing
having become
unwily
on the soft side
of an old idea

evenhandedly
hammering
after over-
reacting
to a backlash
with the passion
of an outcast

facing over aging
becoming negated
by mandated
expiration dates

ranging
from charcoal gray
to radiant
peach shades
with high
growth rates
of differing pH's

as cleansing clays
in genetic makeups
with use-by dates
at the moment
of application
by a co-creator...

A Vexing Gender

" A Vexing Gender "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A vexing gender
winning acceptance
over several centuries
of monitored sleep

while picking up twitches
on zebra finches
spiking on a grid
of cheek switches

in face recognition
for brain-mapping apps
like casual combatants
correlated by battles

overlapping as mortality patterns
nothing like programmable happiness
on the way to nowhere
with a clearly nonliving
mechanical heart
as an emergent phenomenon...

Swaddled Full Body

" Swaddled Full Body "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Demonstrating
the enduring
no-bones
human genome

usually snoozing
in the nude
as paradisiacal
statues of vivacity

like wide-angled
atmospherically
carved casts
of fanciful santos

peering out
of burlap bags
used as backing
for phantasmagorical
palettes of élan
swaddled full body...

Contradictorily Willy-Nilly

" Contradictorily Willy-Nilly "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A finicky medium
of uncanny
three-dimensionality
appearing and disappearing

something akin
to a fiscal cliff
with ear hair visible
for hyper-realists

like louvered blinds
pliantly dreamlike
as a weekend miser
with a big-ticket item

while on a kiddie ride
for the maximum time
inviting lingering
contradictorily willy-nilly...

A Long-Forgotten Windfall

" A Long-Forgotten Windfall "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A long-forgotten windfall
of aesthetic borders
within thinned choices
still moving and calling

as values that ought to be forth-
coming like popping corks
soaring across after alls
while winning on points

cross ruffed for plusses
in bits of the bubbly shaken up
specifically to jump as if funny
like cunning puns dealt to her
as doldrums that bloat...

The Interplay of Light and Shade

" The Interplay of Light and Shade "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The interplay of light and shade
staged like a pliant migration
emblazoned by pliés
beleaguered by the day-to-day
in morphingly formulaic flamencos

complacently videotaped
by vaguely opinionated
unpenetratingly principal players
in too vast a space
to be called a "chamber"

disappointingly distant
deliberately inconsistent
with a sly bit of one-upmanship
as the critic's pick
for a dissonant sorceress

in a thin script of hulking gravity
marching exaggeratedly
with knocking knees
singed by branding's
visceral action lacking in capacity

while smacking of whiplash
in a large-scale
smash and grab
with the smattering
of a bleached-out palette...

Time Traveling Collaboratively

" Time Traveling Collaboratively "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Larry Robin

Time traveling collaboratively
attesting to a watershed
of glorious potential
under the moniker
of fervently furthering the arts

spot on nearly on par
with the throes of an Oscar
in re-verse chronology
remaining largely
like an anthropological
Grand Opera

best equipped brimming
with the verve and credibility
of affably unabridged editions
like Jiminy Cricket portraitists
as inherently redemptive
continually cresting lunar edges...

Distractingly Low-Key Tendencies

" Distractingly Low-Key Tendencies "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Distractingly low-key tendencies
scraping away on turntables
of scalable transformation

reinforced on stage with segues
of digital playback flanked
by video displays in commercial ranks

on the two largest stages
with tempo changes
dubbed with reggae

shouted and sweated away
as the body vibrates
mining dark themes late in a career

with a scrapy, trowelly thingie
scribbling ideas
on buried mysteries

vanishing non-fiction
lacking in spirit
at once perfunctory

curiously and haphazardly
as a jerry-built narrative
unsatisfyingly magical

like slapdash disappearing acts
absurdly melodramatic
yet supernatural

desperately unhappy
with the tone of a struck match
as a declarer ruffs a dummy

playing a club in negative doubles
becoming willing to grin and cringe
for anyone interested in bidding

signing up online worldwide
by waggling
a minutely refined behind

attempting to hide
while waiting in line
for the bobsled ride...

Neither Meditative nor Sacred

" Neither Meditative nor Sacred "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

For promising re-examinings
extremely moving, deeply human
interchanged briefly
with insane layerings

as vocal traces of new strains
re-arranged as the basis
of clapping games
for endgames

like frayed foundations
of dudes praying
for decaying analog tapes
while lacking clarification and strength

neither meditative nor sacred
in peaceful sound space
slowed down, off track
with the rhythms of inching mysticism

like name recognition
of invisible rivers
in inaugural issues
of unfamiliar foreign editions

as short fiction having been
in a dissed round-robin of ambition
not limited to shooting from the hip
like derisive non-fiction

in arrhythmic intervals
of volatile rituals
within circular mosh pits
of re-issued showbiz...

Every Now and Again

" Every Now and Again "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for CA Conrad and the Poets
at Doobie's in Philly last eve...

May seem disproportionate
having lasted so long
blithely celebratory
steadily impressive
by reversing engines
every now and again

after extracting
the most valued
color and sound
distinguished by balance
while lifting the dampers
hand-over-hand

like the most inviting
"sometimes"
while tipping the balance
with slow pitches
enfolding
one on top of the other

with pink lettering
on lime green
like a late great painting
with a magical name
in anticipation
of congratulations

radiating stimulating
blue with orange
and teal with hot pink
with the wheeling
electronic beat
of a ringleader
lacking in fear
anagrammatically...

A Memorable Account

" A Memorable Account "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A memorable account
read aloud as re-enactment
outclassed by original broadcasts
lacking in sentimentality
against washed-out backgrounds

voiced over the static
of wide-ranging characters
with outlandish daring
impressively imagined
repeatedly and didactically

like vulgar villainy
replete with prosthetic teeth
and feats of longevity
as snarling misogyny
and erotic heat

strutting and teasing
shockily cheeky
with unlined features
gushingly clean cut...

Upbeat and Trippy

" Upbeat and Trippy "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Emeralds and garnets
set in long prongs
of marital harmony
as wearable objects

where there is no faux
to what extent
we already know
as our ayes explode
into sequential photos

bursting open
into canary yellow
upbeat and trippy
like fragrant white
hyacinths
on a mind-blowing
violet rise...

Reconstructed from Memory

" Reconstructed from Memory "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Reconstructed from memory
with a turntable interface
rigorously engaged
mixing, scratching
beat-matching
on a tablet
of soundtracks

with weather patterns
in icons of art as isobars
somewhat blocked
by atomic clocks
in chimney pots

kilned by artists
in hardship
with thumbprints
survived
by liquid inscriptions...

A Passing Mention

" A Passing Mention "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A passing mention
of honorary members
easily digested
as artful contents

like wedges of yellow
fundamentally complex
plush as a pet bed
of retrospection

with altered contents
as primary entities
tenderly pedestrian
in blues and reds

like implicated pleasures
wittily tender
making perfect sense
out of context...

Blurring the Borders

" Blurring the Borders "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Blurring the borders
with unconfirmed reports
of, " There is talk, just talk "
on the flip side of a wall

crouching in the corner
of a plexiglas coffin
for a jabberwocky
reinforced by elongated
jibber-jabber in a logjam
of uncanny majesty

with purplish casts
of calamitous duality
as the aftermath
of dashed solidarity
looking spare...

Rubbing Elbows

" Rubbing Elbows "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Rubbing elbows
with an immense
exoskeleton
inextricably enmeshed
in slyly feminist
ski sweaters

on a rib cage
of yarn paintings
while targeting themes
of secret identities

steeped with fragility
on a back-lighted screen
seeming to scream
imperceptibly from the ceiling

as pockmarked
noncanonical art
wrested from a rocky grotto
blood red and symmetrical...

Even Morbidly Attentive

" Even Morbidly Attentive "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Even morbidly attentive
to rigorous minimalists
like a pair of kittens
as a living commitment
to subtle premonitions

concretely mirrored
with symbolic significance
touchingly raggedy
and affably devilish
as bilious prodigies

reappearing inexplicably
ultimately conducting
a lumbering
banged-up young'un
hissing a thug in a dust up

mixed up with a muddle
of objects and images
as enigmas
of packaging and positioning

like kindred spirits
fomenting a bigger
exactness of madness
thick and jagged
with deep reds and blacks

regardless of scale
as claw spans
on power-hungry slabs
meant for king crabs
wrapped in moments
of opacity as tantalizing
strands of amped pageantry...

Smiling Moonily

" Smiling Moonily "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Jittery beauty
in a redo
digging the new
as mildly amusing
and cartoonish

reintroduced
by shaky moves
throughout the room
lavishly on view

with self-consciously cool
and delusionally blasted music
in loop-de-loop big wave movies
of looky-loos smiling moonily...

Crib Notes

" Crib Notes "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Crib notes
showcased
with sophistication
traced between today's
dilapidation and the wake
of man-made family scrapes

played on a hand-cranked
tape player versus automated
end games on behalf a bank
of organ donations hard to separate

artfully interlaced
in public spaces
of the inhumane
scene at center stages
as a barren places
for human remains

with pitiful desperation
teasingly exaggerated
and forcibly extricated
by eminent domain...

Given Little Chance

" Given Little Chance "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Given little chance
as slightly behind
dwindlings of time
narrowly divided

as opposed to unifyingly
putting doubts aside
while denying decline
despite descending flights
of stoney designs

by battling free will
just for the love of lit
assiduously set adrift
as a pianist plinks
the final keys
played from memory

brilliantly crisp
and maniacally aphoristic
as solipsistic tipsiness
with double vision
exceeding the speed limit
post apocalyptically...

A Weird Present

" A Weird Present "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A weird present
cheery but menacing
in the midst of a Twitter's
latest victims dimly lit

including tips depicted
differently without focusing in
embracing the shift in instant
messaging to texting nonsense

stemming from the shelf
lives of eye guides
for product lines
vulnerable to sunlight...

By a Landslide

" By a Landslide "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

By a landslide
long provided
like compiled satire
in back-filed binders

overly likely to be groped
under a microscope
left behind while being derided
on stained slides
of high-end contrivances
in feigned alliances
often described
as cohesive society

with insatiable appetites
heavily voting the majority
with the pervasive timidity
of a wriggly fish
like the rumba originally
when the courts split

in an avalanche
of gained grounds
as mouse holes
in windows below
weapons depots
ready to take on
the whole
with eyes closed

while appealing to both
for not knowing
of the taking over
of withholdings
as left overs on hold
in the fork in the road...

With Its Landmark

" With Its Landmark "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

With its landmark
of adjusted art
as certainly nots
in invective volumes
going only so far

paying homage
to contents
for converts
made up
of Odysseys
of improbabilities

like portraits
of people
unable
to call it quits
as shepherded
legacies
of unhurried myths

startlingly realized
as headliners
of the year
not entirely pleasant
like introspection
yielding memories
of pre-emptive
self-defense
imagistic as ever

like breathless
predecessors
railing against
open-ended
questions
as guesswork
with viral potential
conveyed
as intelligence
getting bested...

Sparring on Foreign

" Sparring on Foreign "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Sparring on foreign
wishing in a star
prompting
sharp shifts in policy
with pee wee
penalties
and the risks
of high-energy drinks

as fatalities
reported in filings
while stripping titles
and tightening
unviabilities
in the eyes
of the finally
narrowly divided

during weeks
of unlikely reminders
at least
for a little while
framed by a clear sky
and horizon lines
of the big time

well worth biking
in a chance finding
of high-speed
greater volatility
with the most troubling
reductions
in a stubborn recovery

with the latest results
as extremely difficult
pluses among us
after gathering enough
all of a suddens
by taking a tumble...

Practically Guaranteed

" Practically Guaranteed "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Practically guaranteed
hanging around the nursery
indefatigably pink
after the repeal of jelly beans

in speakeasies for keynote speakers
of social media with goofy grins
as the price of admission
for a creepy centerpiece

in a revealing scene
wielding tightlipped
barely minimal pleas
wittily spinning
on a whim
woes kept in...

Not Unremarkable

" Not Unremarkable "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Not unremarkable
undocumented
entire populations
dangerously endangered
as lemon meringue
real estate

in solo shows
of bodies
on our own
truly astonishing
as inter-related
and re-embraced
unvisited places

like empty neighborhoods
bearing false names
spanning decades
fallen into decay

collectively
domesticated
by implication
instructively
fascinating
like an over-
loaded pancreas

seemingly natural
in isolation on stage
while probing
the corners of our brains

dark-room generated
gas-infused tubes
of patina'd beauty
in tureens
of bayoneted enemies

thriving briefly
suffering irreparably
as filigreed surface reliefs
with cackling glee

after the burbling brutality
of forgeries unnervingly
lost in infancy
as black-chalk drawings
dashed off
on a reddish shore...

A Type of Femme Fatale

" A Type of Femme Fatale "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A type of femme fatale
wielding power, occurring now
in the roof of a mouthful
against backgrounds

swirled around questions asked
as mandarin mind expansion
vaguely designated
and annotated by example
like a particularly glaring
manicured hand

never lacking in all manners
of carved and tinted lacquer
as leaded glass hulkingly masculine
paint splattered readily grasped
absentee magnates...

Staking Out Space

" Staking Out Space "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Staking out space
still dismayingly
while walking and standing
with the gloriously simple tasks
of the marvelously relaxed

as stationary bodies
colorful and motley
just getting started
in jerky partnerings
like random pops
full of traumas

sometimes in part
after refusing
to acknowledge
the lack of polish

while dragging on
a little hotly
with the trivial erotica
of tit-for-tats
in unspoken demands...

Its Most Touchingly

" Its Most Touchingly "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Its most touchingly
chameleonic back story
clarifies exactly
funny havoc off camera

at the outset
with every reason
to be happy
while losing steam
in an array of zingers

as genial slackers
dressed in black
with the almighty
" if " factor
of circumstance
like the tantrum
of a malefactor
wearing a badge...

Like a Champion

" Like a Champion "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Like a champion
style-cramping
thick, black and flat
with recognition factors
of exclamatorily
cartoonish antics

scratching
at facile parallels
from a moving cab
after banning the sale
of fine folk tales

unsung here and there
with sardonic details
stamped on landscapes to scale including handling
directly onto canvases as planters...

Require a Whiteboard

" Require a Whiteboard "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Require a whiteboard
for mercurial go-go boys
left at the door
of a Diesel store

overlooked by gawkers
holding sparklers aloft
flamboyantly
temple thrumming
like murmuring clerks
in pencil skirts

with handy hashtags
and Twitter handles
as notes asking
for avarice

in pastels
of feminine
recollections
worth every second
ushered
to another exit...

Offering Quieter Pleasures

" Offering Quieter Pleasures "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Offering quieter pleasures
along urban edges
dotted with rods
propped in city parks
through arches
of goldenrod
along hidden ponds
and the tidal marshes
of topologists

as inevitable protests
with brochures as evidence
of a better yet agreement to exit
while saving ourselves
in a three-day convention
for heirs of resurrection
behind the canonical events
of double-billed vendors...

At Once a Monster

" At Once a Monster "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

At once a monster and a joke
striking a dominant note
up close and on the dot
like complex phenomenons
on serpentine columns
of innocence and awfulness

keeping their distance
while tick-tocking
in three volumes
of eroticism
as small models
in pink marble
for snobs
and macho trophy art

disembodied in luxury cars
by snapshots of the paparazzi
replete with scary meanings
of supreme luxury
on leather seats
in differing densities
tilting inward
torquing mysteriously...

Could Be Repurposed

" Could Be Repurposed "

for My Papa
on his 84th BDay

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Could be repurposed
as a poignant memorial
like a stained-glass portrait
installed in a velvety
crimson window

surviving religious depictions
worth visiting while catching fish
from a flagship of fatuous pleas
remarking on the differences
between snaggers of salmon
and the leader of the pack
as fiddle-faddle on dry land

wearing sweater letters
in winter weather
down the wine list section
bent on a bender
of formal defenses
for household helpers
in a tussle over whether
elegance can be measured

like demented truth-telling
with the pretense
of a new head
glued back together again
by discrepant potential
as relics still desperate
teeth gone, hurried on
looking harsh...

Over the Medium

" Over the Medium "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Over the medium
pieced together
as re-examination
custom made
without variation
in the twisted state
of a drip painting
like code violations

coming close to home
as openings
for the outspoken
standouts
of irrationality
shut down
by a martial posture
using a charged
virginal process

like larceny
in empty streets
supposedly
as newsworthy
as truthfulness
without conviction

while leaving aside
the ever-increasingly
misleading exemplary
repeat motifs
of recurring themes
in abalone...

Wearying Prospects

" Wearying Prospects "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Wearying prospects
fully stocked
in silly parlors
of the foolhardy
hardeningly
disheartening

as the tracks
of classical
legal battles
for the distressed
debts of dissidents
with hand tremors

forced to land
fan after fan
as lovers
of romance
hitting home
uncomfortably close...

Wickedly Fetishistic

" Wickedly Fetishistic "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Wickedly fetishistic
in a range of skin
unshakably
purple, ivory & gray

truly cringe-making
coming away
after taking on gangsters
never been middle-aged
by implication
walking away

wearing the very same
suit up and clank
secured to the waist
along the edge
of the spray

like the olden days
reaching teenage
never having been
the same

born of dimly lighted
bioscience unobliged
a bit like a large revolver
of laminated cards
unburdened by pockets

to alert the doctors
in handfuls of hospitals
backed by technology
and accelerometers

tested for effectiveness
suddenly sedentary
with obscure questions
left unasked and unanswered
by friends and parents

without being there
on a webcam
down a willy-nilly path
in chilly misery

while flipping
digital transitions
with the flick
of a wireless switch...

Important Insofar

" Important Insofar "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Important insofar
eccentrically scholarly
in two parts
of a functioning bar
armless as clay models

distinctly modern
underlyingly erotic
worked in bronze
with black dots
and wide margins

much enlarged
as stops and starts
of contradictorily odd
non-profits gone
missing after hanging
from the ceiling
during faculty meetings
for surface treatments

alternately droll and poetic
like doggedness
gone horribly wrong
and depressingly obvious
as semiotic balloons popping

in opportunities
for the remarkably
ultra-hip verbiage
of the stylishly
wised-up
like inquiring minds
sometimes quite spritely

unclear why
while running
through the fire as viewers
with the cool insouciance
of saline solution...

Pulling Numbers

" Pulling Numbers "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Pulling numbers
out of hats
assigned to bands
singing and rapping

while screaming sparingly
in self-effacing zingers
having to mingle
in hilarious comedies

based on searing hymnodies
of familial catastrophes
in long-necked flasks of fiascoes
turned upside down

as seen by the naked eye
in a mortar strike of body and mind
being scared by synoptic topples
over anarchical whoppers

in monologues
with tight-fitted
muscled postures
apart from a partner
with peaceful plasticity
and killer instincts

in a whodunit
laid out tidily
as sitcom pilots
with obvious titles

otherwise like initiation rites
coiling and waiting to strike
at the undersides
of gruesome violence
harshly lighted in pantomime
whilst thinking twice...

Like a Flyover

" Like a Flyover "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Like a flyover
anchor-style
like one-liners
as birth rites

made to sound
like overly edited subtexts
of the unexpected
lacking slickness in the preface

genuinely unsettling
seemingly endless
recounted events
of self-possession

augmented with eclectic spectrums
of debris-strewn sets calling attention
to indelible sweaty textures overhead...

A Merry Jig

" A Merry Jig "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A merry jig
ending
with a wince
at a dizzying
clip
of brash
boyishness

busily blustering
mordantly funny
as spoiled sports

collapsing into madness
after scampering
in a game of tag

broadcast
as multitasked IMAX
in payback
for embarrassment

benevolent audacity
matching cable channels
in batches of gym bags
for husky romance

in the shadows of the Vatican
as magnetism knowing how to tap
without losing impact
while living as nomads

hand-to-mouth
falling into halves
hard-boiled
and precarious

as lone dancers
in bravura passages
with waves of laughter

bare-chested, dressed in red
drumming extensively
peeking out, running on "E"

shaking frantically
lip-smacking
like a crank
without explanation

becoming engaged
in goofy ways
overly aimless
out of place
provoking outrage...