" Flickering "...

" Flickering "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Flickering
cherished
looks
and gestures
scene alone
on blank sets--
enough said

while hinting
at hidden
significances
from
predecessors
as senses
of nexuses

like time-honored
remembrances
being revved up
by present
imaginative
energies

enchantingly
expressed
as rejuvenative
musicality
and animated
narratives
in invigorating
dances...

" Ankle-Deep "...

" Ankle-Deep "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ankle-deep wading
into climate-change's
mass migrations

wave per wave
of displaced
sand grains

from unstable
climate-
stressed places

relocating
into unsustainable
cookie-cutter nations

onto hard-to-farm
leased plots
for electric carts

increasingly
parched draped
head scarves

administering
shots
holding out arms

mirages of coal-
washed oasis
palms...

" Ask "...

" Ask "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ask ourselves strange
and embarrassing
cadaverous reality

nothing left out
as vaporous power
from the fragrances
of flowers

materialities
of language
ephemeral
passing

abandoning
the scene
like anonymity
within the depths
of obscurity

disappearing
dumbfoundedly
illuminating things
with radiant passivity

while lying
awake watching
the abolishment of ardor...

" Glut "...

" Glut "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Glut
piled up blunders
from mock ups
of broken hearts
in overstocks
saturating markets
from boom-to-busted
one-upmanships

unaccustomedly
drinking
fat-burning teas
anecdotally
steaping
exotic leaves
in cups ringed
by vintage gold leaf

demurely lifting
little pinkies
while timidly
sipping
scalding liquid
with exquisite
blotted lips...

" Free-Tailed "...

" Free-Tailed "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Free-tailed
baby bats
born hairless
in great masses
no larger than
an eyelash
being spread
by rain splash
onto scrublands
for nursery plants
spotted from the air

charted as gossip
long promised
like top-notch
impending problems
of the shockingly macabre
while powering on
keeping darting
nocturnal high art...

" Submerging "...

" Submerging "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Submerging
sanctuary cities
as passing
centerpieces
head waters
feeding
hydroelectricity
fleeing sheep
wavering bleats
green pastures
sinking out of reach...

" Holy "...

" Holy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holy locations
previously unnoticed
and unadorned
as soft understories
of no longers

sent off to storage
from former lofts
with open floor plans
and pocket doors
for guest quarters

transformatively
underscored
popped up
by all sorts
of loyalists

staying the course
simply called,
" sprawling "
upon going
overboard

like fishes
out of water
fins overhauled
in spin offs

taking off
hauntingly sheathed
in glistening green
behind silhouetted screens

gnashing teeth
member bleachers
evaporating
into the ether...

" Shown As Yellow "...

" Shown As Yellow "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shown
as yellow
in fire zones

igniting
close
to coasts

multi-
stemmed
growth

crowns
of
foliage

home-
owners
fleeing

as far
as is
known

as
skeletons
of Ancient Rome

being thought
to be the oldest
of treasure troves

uncovered in holds
far below
oceans

skulls'
temporal
bones all told

leaving in droves
flyby geysers
on Europa...

" Deftly Balanced "...

" Deftly Balanced "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Deftly balanced
circling squares
hard-cider cocktails
uprooted transplanted
master classics
as back up
at first glance
on beds of jasmine
star anise
meant for sharing
like crisp triangles
sweet for lapping
all for the asking
vanilla tamarind...

" Snubs or Insults "...

" Snubs or Insults "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Snubs or insults undercut
by winsome underpinnings
of indelible images
from fully equipped kinship

like communally familial
epitomes of simplicity
prefixed with chic
muses of poetry
come Indian Summer

christening dine-in boutiques
and late-in-life cosmetic tweaks
for mixed-use vintage condominiums

refurbished during long-term leases
placed in crisping sleeves
as partners of dreams
tasting oh so sweet
upon reheating...

" Surrounding Life "...

" Surrounding Life "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Surrounding life
with quick scribbles
and clicking safety pins
as greatest hits
for unconditional
parental minimalists

while tossing petals
onto the mix
of latticework grids
replete with animal prints
on magnified orchids

sleepy eyes
pillowy lips
lavish ringlets
empowering
growing women...

" Supposed Advantages "...

" Supposed Advantages "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Supposed advantages
dwarfed by hard-
fought afterthoughts
for victims without voices
massaging hands
and painting fingernails
mirrored elsewhere
as bellwethers
of posthumously
lamented impediments
shot through the lenses
of octogenarians
as amassed long-term tabs...

" The Aliens "...

" The Aliens "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

️The aliens below us
leaning ladders
against tiny life forms

microbes
from meteorites
while skyscraping
on the rise

like carving miners
over miles and miles
as assemblages of lives
being bacterial realized

deep biospheres
highly alkaline
encouraging signs

slinking upright
ghostly profiles
of the newly arrived...

" Pushed Hard "...

" Pushed Hard "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pushed hard
closely guarded
less poverty

peace and shopping
digital markets
data evolving

beach bags
bathing caps
cockatoo masks

gingham damask
waistless jackets
in no man's land

metallic khaki
easy glamour
first few chapters

second hand
touching emails
chitchat babble

sensitively maddenly
semi-autobiographical
on the tepid side of "Be Mine"...

" For the Love of a Ruffle "...

" For the Love of a Ruffle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

For the love of a ruffle
as a little "some'in' some'in' "
with sporty zip-ups
looking monotonous

like short cuts and buzz cuts
kicked up by strictly symbolic
androgynous notches for hot topics
of peacocks and melodramas

scripting feel-good remarks
by stamping flamenco models
while ad-libbing compliments
being read on novel spread-out palms...

" Time Traveling "...

" Time Traveling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Time traveling
into niche
identities
proving to be
clad in shiny
stainless steel

while winging it
and getting misty
like clichéd
gifts for prisoners
for instance

getting stuck in the middle
of monkey business
by autograph seekers
at multi-tiered premieres

upping the ante
according
to the latest tallying
after uncanny
tick-tocking rallies
being branded
as, "Happenings"...

" Urging Gentility "...

" Urging Gentility "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Urging gentility
with the pealing of bells
as means of expression

while swinging
from right to left
like painted oils on canvas

authoring panels pictured
in close proximity
to gilded Angels' wings

both heavy
and foreboding
post going global

caped by brocade
luminous faces
draped in lace
flowing braids

eyes glazed
visual changes
levitating halos...

" Lured to the Plains "...

" Lured to the Plains "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lured to the plains
wanting to win someday

while gathering wild grapes
along a river's length
all across four states

fearing spills and breaks
of feigned eminent domain
feeling taken left shaking

being laid to waste
cold and rainy
ruing the day...

" By the Wayside "...

" By the Wayside "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mon-
Mom Suzán

By the wayside
by now not knowing how
post going unannounced
and unimaginatively
anti-fashioned fashion

like outcast circle racks
and T-stands gone party crashing
while sticking landings
in podcasts with the classiest
of makeup and hair

seeking greener pastures
filming formidable
grassy fantasies

yet being seen skittering
into thorny shrubbery
during a live re-enactment
of "The Tortoise and the Hare"

with a winning cast
of a rambling turtle
and a rascally rabbit...

" Quasi-Stars "...

" Quasi-Stars "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Quasi-stars
feeling
unbothered
by gossip
columns
sitcoms
and blogs

while
creeping
beneath
the radar
at super-
markets

neither
satirically
nor
sincerely
via
obscurity

making
perfunctory
appearances
streaming
live in sweats
and sneakers

debunking
non-celebrities
from a once-steamy
previous era
of unleashed:
"Come up an' see me!"
post "talkies"
"My little chickadee!"...

"Outliers Making Headlines"...

" Outliers Making Headlines "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Outliers making headlines
people screaming and whining
from sidewalks in chalk stripes

seering multiple strikes
by pirated air liners
as lethal combustive devices

gone shockingly viral
fiery skyscrapers
swan dining on the fly...

" More than the Sum"...

"More than the Sum"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More than the sum
of strokes of homespun
dumb luck over months
and months having tons
of fun gurgling up
from counterculture

like alien abductors
not mattering much
to the far-flung rebuffed
by the anatomy
and musculature
of a washed-up
four-tusked walrus

seen close up
suggestive of
tree stumps
and pond scum
as outcomes
by the dozen...

" Running Counter "...

" Running Counter "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Running counter
to the roundabout
cherry picking facts

supplanted
by tiny fractions
of somehows
as re-imagined
knowhows

scouring
lunar-dappled paths
of rain-splashed
droplet scatter
from free-tailed
bat habitats

trapping heat
for adorably squishy
pup colonies
consuming record
numbers of insect pests

step by quiet step
being reported dead
like uncollected debts
plus interest
from spokesmen

while still assessing
the treasury
as exacting efforts
to cast dragnets
into hard-to-separate
anti-settlements

beneath rockets red glare
measuring high levels of lead
serving as surrogates
for uprooted residents

having come under threats
stemming from soil tests
upon gaining momentum
from high-end veggie chefs
heading in the right direction...

" Codas of Sorts "...

" Codas of Sorts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Codas of sorts
being performed
totally out of order
like bouncing
while walking
then coming
to a violent halt

feeling unmoored
from meaning
suddenly fully released
onto trembling knees
of incoherence

bellies distended
arms outstretched
like concussed
chuckleheads
with difficulty
forming complete
sentences

while mumbling
out of succession
having gone
out of sequence
shoulder-to-hip belts
concave convex
perpetual motionlessness...

" In the Many Forms "...

" In the Many Forms "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In the many forms
of the forever more
as unhurriedly incantatory
pairings of live streams

far from retreating transfixed
while gathering to witness
the boldly hip

like indigenous spirits
howling their own
anthems from everywhere
in the long after
and well out of character

as greatly detailed
swapped scarcity
in contrast...

" Giving Way "...

" Giving Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Giving way
to wildness
in search
of mind-
blowing
oddities

ubiquitously
linked to
critical
thinking

while
questioning
the many
dreaming
of themselves

as uniquely
querying
human
specimens

blurring
boundaries
between
species

having been
caught up
in the conflict
of un-filtered
consciousness

with foundational
mottos verging on
caricaturizations

becoming
exacerbated
by malaise
when spoken
in no-nonsense-
stop-motion...

" Over a Lifetime"...

" Over a Lifetime "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Over a lifetime
of boarding flights
where heir cores
become stronger

props spinning across water
sticking nearly every landing
while mining the past

as double magic
grinning enthusiastically
brimming with sentimentality

while re-releasing double features
romanticizing heroes
on time-warped song sheets

dining on grass-fed
lean bison meat
and new-native cuisine

culinary anthropology
plus vegan ethnobotony
for foraging
families over prairies...

" Touching Off a Firestorm "...

" Touching Off
   a Firestorm "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Touching off
a firestorm
to say the least
awkwardly
ignoring pleas
placed
at a premium

promising
bids quickly
to emissions
like lives
in limbo

being priced out
of heists
while high-fiving
in complete avoidance
over time

glowing beneath
heat lightning
tranquilizing F.Y.I.
as a precise
pre-requirement
for compartmentalizing
every strike...

" Delving Deeply "...

" Delving Deeply "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Delving deeply
into morphing
proceedings
while seeking
a complete
understanding
of exactly
what's happening
to the baffled

entire casts swirling
with no strings attached
to the last man
kept in good standing
by the gussied-up crafty

during greater galas
with little-or-no know how
not exactly a no-brainer
becoming all the rage

lost in translation
without explanation
excerpted from conversation
before the days
of pervasive amplification
as sounds of ice straining

release your imagination
while cows graze
and insects mate
like balance-sheet data
for procrastinators
from way back in the day
heard via auto replay
for catharses off stage...

" Depth and Breadth "...

" Depth and Breadth "

by Suzán Jiván 

Mom & Mom-

Mom Suzán 

Depth and breadth 

necessitating 

re-measurements 

as sensors of spaciousness 

like attention-grabbing fate

being beamed directly into our brains 

while mimicking 

courtship and dating 

divining dire situations 

somewhat contrivedly

plus slightly befuddlingly

becoming simultaneously 

engaging plus somewhat numbing

slowly and convincingly idyllic-seeking

by "winking blinking and nodding "

beneath berrying ginkos

squirrels tossing ancient sprigs

with varying degrees 

of beady-eyed coherence...

" Questions Looming "...

" Questions Looming "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Questions looming
chaos raging
speaking offering
hobbling secrets

harnessing sickening
belittling must wins
tattered thinking

falling short
of publicity
less certainty

gathering
tipping
suffering

sputtering out
turning up
gently curving
over softening
shoulders

keeping going
echoing
heroes' hopes...

" Paranormally Skilled "...

" Paranormally Skilled  "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Paranormally skilled
nothing in particular
falling and rising

by lying outside
a fair-to-middling
reverse engineering

while veering
between extremes
whapping straps
over strings

stunningly
whomping
with confidence
at high volume

full of hard funk
like sublimely funny lithe rivals
being out maneuvered
by ectoplasmic revivals
high kicking Rockettes style

becoming overly intrigued
by the clarity of hindsight
while vanishing into the foot lights...

" Thinning Out "...

" Thinning Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Thinning out
without indicating, "How?"
like high-spirited wink-winks
while shouting stripped-down
tactics and growing drowsy

rippling off of the ground
getting out of character
running backwards

slowing down recalibrating
sounding as natural as crafted
peculiarities from slick pieces
filled with longing being
spun off informally...

" Uncertainty as a Strategy "...

" Uncertainty as a Strategy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Uncertainty
as a strategy
nearing
last call

reeling
once more
gone
off course

purposefully
blurred
mass murderers
pressed into service

cordoned
law enforcement
unimaginable
slaughter

booming reports
worst shootings
on home soil

silenced voices
slow to crawl
slow to walk

distraught
rapid-fire
rifle assaults

twisted silver ribbons
pinned for massacre victims
especially chilling panicked whispers


inflexibility
insistence
thumping
hair triggers

SHRIEKING
HEAVING
WEEPING...

" Holding Out Some Hope "...

" Holding Out Some Hope "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holding out some hope
juxtaposed forebodingly
more backstreet than Main Street

nonetheless clearly
breathless vacuity
relying heavily
on merely
"bad" movies
rebooted pouty

standing out hands down
immensely powerful
acrobatically in tandem
with deep despair

impractically passing the hat
while frantically kicking the can
long-absent-out-of mouths
leaden-and-garish lapsed weapons' bans...

" Original Footages "...

" Original Footages "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Original footages
inch-by-inch
as hearts lift
via winking clips

flirting with the falseness
of alternative histories
screened with apathy

being thrown off a bit
but becoming more serious still
while feeling overly literal
even barefistedly anachronistical

like lambasted ilks
toward the faddishly caricaturistic
drawn and distributed with audible sniffles
over imperceptible indifferences

voided of specifics
when primping in mirrors
exhibiting gap toothed grins long since...

" As a Plot Device "...

" As a Plot Device "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As a plot device
seen worldwide
yet to be recognized
beneath murky lighting

while standing
in glaring lines
as if by design

stretched out
and lifeless
but being
brought to mind

dinging critically
like lowbrow offerings
in thin stories

relying on tried-
and-true frights
aiming at the silent

perceived as politeness
on the wild side
hanging slightly behind

spiky spiciness
from an otherwise
strained baseline
guided by blitheness...

" A Sideways Glance "...

" A Sideways Glance "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A sideways glance
with a giggly laugh
from a parodist in a catsuit

with stardom angst tailored
to hit makers of romance
and breakups like the mother
of all dragons feeling transplanted
onto an impersonal cold slab

with a glare from line dancers
like backups finally tackled
by the hugely powerful
seeking comebacks

by converging into packs
while bending and stretching
as saltwater taffies...

" How Tough Can It Be? "...

" How Tough Can It Be? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

How tough can it be?
noodling along amiably
albeit via advanced techniques
as seemingly naïve
yet monumentally
and unintentionally messy

adding with glee,
"This is a healthy precedent!"
if not impractical advocacy
at high capacity

filled with disparities
precariously seeking
understanding being
summed up in mere weeks

veering remarkably
towards soul and feeling
by avidly singing
with choir peers

gratifyingly organ grinding
rotating wildly
with strong rhythmic ties
to future insights
methodically devised
backwards or otherwise...

" Sinister Accents "...

" Sinister Accents "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sinister accents
spoken well
out of character

like letting the air out
by spoofing classical
crash landings
left unanswered
with lighting to match

bleached into flatness
grainy abject no matters
described exactly
as, "Getting the shaft"
by sleights of hand

imbalanced
behind cameras
on behalf
of longstanding
post grads

after taking command
from rarities
flashing past off campus...

"Well, Really Just One"...

" Well, Really Just One "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Well, really, just one
savvy enough
to tear it up

like only a drummer
of hard-funk percussion
undercut processional hums

summed up by boogaloo
and mambo molds
accompanied only by a piano

in a fictional home
of all-night poker
may be loaded

party over gone solo
so lonesome
uppermost staying low...

" Being Tended as a Fragile Patch "...

" Being Tended as a Fragile Patch "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Being tended as a fragile patch
it just so happens after collapsing
down in the valley the valley so low
looming over a smartphone

while watching land art
being modified or demolished
like flat tops of unnameable qualities

discharged by starlight
via oases of chaotic-
cosmos' cinematography

shooting stars left to stew
getting gritty and down-and-dirty
shouting profanities
sprinkled throughout the canniest

by thinning out vocal tics
both piously and defiantly
minus cacophonous
awww-shucks shrugs...

"The Story Played Out"...

" The Story Played Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The story played out
where less is a luxury
since mid century

hard to believe
depressing reset
discussing the self

as a brick-and-mortar
catwalk presence
for artistic directors

slick salt-and-pepper dreads
sporty references
paper-thin leather
mini khaki dresses

hearing yourself think
sailing into the space-ship building
lacking in coincidence

nostalgic soggy trips
hard not to grimace
all-too-familiar drawstring gingham...

" Such a Question "...

" Such a Question "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Such a question over breakfasts
of not necessarily sweating the details
at commencements of howevers
like non-factual errors getting attention

being befriended and perplexed
by flimflamming romance scams
wooed by photographs from hagglers
of fraudulent standards barred in the past

feast or famine just like mom and dad
after not sharing passion
and taking so much longer to get there
upon walking everywhere
like future plans being made for new attractions...

"From Thrillers to Travel"...

" From Thrillers to Travel "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From thrillers to travel
agility and power
increasingly attractive
towers sold out

after a well-fashioned
fairytale like leopard-
patterned armchairs

neither pretentious
nor preciously
quintessential

like minuscule vignettes
of brilliant inventions
becoming unpossessed
by possessions

with hand-written welcomes
as admissions selections
at the spiffed-up high end...

" To Dream About "...

" To Dream About "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

To dream about
"How's 'bout
some yak?!"

at kitchen
and bath branches
everywhere

like cast-iron pans
working for clams
hat-in-hand
with mayonnaise slather

quick pairings
of the fancy
with the bland
and daily pale

main attractions
having expanded
grilled-cheese
sandwiches

past medium-rare
taking care
at campfire stands
as S'mores
of nostalgia fans...

"Specially Curated"...

" Specially Curated "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Specially curated
truly spirited
shopping gifts

don't waste the flame
it doesn't have
to be that way
as added flavor

without seeming such a shame
when seen waxing and waning
over the remaining phases

collapsing easily
when gently squeezed
into an all-purpose
slightly sweet green

becoming handy
at flipping things
while keeping
the rings smokey

all for later in the week
upon yielding black streaks
over medium heat
heavily seasoned
whisked ingredients...

" Greater Priorities "...

" Greater Priorities "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Greater priorities
for "golly-gosh-darns"
as humble responses
to horrors with honor

grappling with conscience
put "on-the-spot"
within ensembles
of both high-and-low art

coming in bowed boxes
voiced by sopranos
demonstrating their chops
for the wonder of partners

like gifted comics
holding guffawing
audiences hostage
dodging and darting

stopping and starting
tokening fondness
feeling shielded from harm
shrieking, "En Garde!"...

" Lingering Issues "...

" Lingering Issues "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lingering issues
closing in unfolding

unendingly flowing
smoke heat and aroma

losing close votes
to overloaded
institutional shareholders

playing larger roles close up
unsustained tones floating
tapering away finally fading...

" Has Always Been "...

" Has Always Been "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Has always been
differing
movements and trips
well within
shouting distance
to head-spinning
alotted tickets

while fighting
for visibility
in concrete cities

during mourning
of the many-more
ahistorically
guitar voices

matched by modular
song on box-office
keyboards
for the thoughtless
disappointments
on unsurveilled
billboards

envisioning postwars
as filed in courts
of international law

coming under assault
during long-sought warmth
leading to hearing loss

listening a bit sillily
but still magnificently
by mining illnesses
with well-wishers...

" In Short "...

" In Short "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In short
snarky
wicked
funny
rising
numbers

widely
shared
victim
status
post
combat

one-
up-
man-
ship
of
just-
so-
so-
and
sos

post
eyes
trained
in
fire-
fights

re-
awakened
like
appetites
for the tribal
by rolling
glowing eyes...

"Now Contemplating"...

" Now Contemplating "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Now contemplating
ethical implications
of fabricating data
via large-scale raids
and resurgent gangs
under investigation

while struggling to explain
high homicide rates
by stepping up paces
of deportation
and experiencing painless
tissue donation
due to multiple drug intoxication

with uncertain kinds of inescapable
human traits DNA contained
aiming to synthesize
as per submissions on paper
unknowns remaining...

" Inside Out "...

" Inside Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Syzán

Inside out
Harlequin
nitty-gritty
Orthodox
honorific
consulting
witches

perfectly
planned
at random
with no
phony sales

where even
"bad apples"
are considered
"accidents"

after being
embedded
in banality

hoardingly
added
for example

upon gaining
access
to holding
onto less cash

yet more than
in the past
per memory lapses

like chiseling
faces off
of statues

as everyday
forms
of banishment...

" To Avoid a Tie "...

" To Avoid a Tie "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

To avoid a tie already on edge
as security checks for the all-ready
tense unanswered questions

having been left unaddressed
dedicated to general elections
as seen at-the-ready to a large extent

teetering on ledges of secret ledgers
for past transgressions yet settling
skeptically for the less preferable

being plotted against by co-ordinated efforts
ending in ineffectual conventions post runners' tests
tallied under protests all hands on deck...

" Watching Offerings "...

" Watching Offerings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Watching offerings
rolling out quickly
crucial missing links
being pursued doggedly

under conditions of anonymity
via nondisclosure agreements
unscripted domestically
while outperforming revival series

by edging out the biggest
even more surprising
one-time outliers
of the unlikely

one might say
as style favorites
from off labels
creatively layered

fuzzy ankle-grazing
collaborations on runways
upon rehearsing the day
in strictly unusual ways...

" Snapping Back "...

" Snapping Back "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Snapping back
looking inward
gone
are the halcyon

calming waves
during incubation
scrambling
while nest making

as bulky layups
in the first place
while eyebrow
raising on off days

heart rates racing
partly dictated
by slight changes
to isolation plays

becoming more engaged
over firmer handshakes
of congratulations
on birthdays...

" Hard to Fathom "...

" Hard to Fathom "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hard to fathom
most obviously flashy
in decades past

as famous failures
greatly exaggerated
like vaguely feint
ambivalently palatial
dizzying cabarets

thematically cancanning
undergarments
swirling everywhere

limbs flailing
into major drawbacks
of taut dancers

in staged theatrics
facing backwards
while issuing hosannas

all across
tattered
man-made
maps...

" Hanging Out with Growing Pains "...

" Hanging Out with Growing Pains "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hanging out with growing pains
like waifs and strays making their way
into plays seeking solace for pain

while cherishing exploration
using unrealness as an anchor
for good-natured illusions
being stripped away
by sophisticated slang
beneath tear-stained makeup

during games of charades
like prioritorizations
of personality traits
sashaying away
toward equally
persuasive
episodic
praise...

" Not Necessarily "...

" Not Necessarily "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not necessarily entirely credible
when managing to project
unnatural sentimentality

vulnerable to sudden absence
both glossy and matte
unscripted interactions

pointing out exceptionality
only in passing  as pastel palettes
for breakout characters of exquisite talents
getting feedback at random coming in second to last...

" Welcoming the News "...

" Welcoming the News "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Welcoming the news
coming into view
as tamper-proof
investigative scoops

evenly forward-thinking
beyond past-mapped genes
plus apologies from darlings
for missed shots hit towards shortstops
under retrenched domestic policies

challenging prints
lingering threateningly
angsty media
hemorrhaging ideas

spearheaded strategies
emerging attacks
chemically manufactured

prominent characters
covert anti-doping labs
massive moral stands...

" On Trend Unbuttoned "...

" On Trend Unbuttoned "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On trend unbuttoned
much discussed
while on the stump

shiny brightly colored
pretty much,
" No worries! "

rediscovered
as, "anonymous"
parent companies

amped up before and after
jigglingly spangled campaigns
setting the stage running the table
skin-in-the-game-chief curators
hard to explain on and off the runway...

" Map by Map "...

" Map by Map "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Map by map
getting back
to the jazzy
roof-top-plantings

felt first hand
upon impact
with very little contact

as tattooed tableaus
inked on arms and backs
being seen onscreen
beneath sleeves fair to speak

banged tapped and twanged
all across stages
while arabesquely balancing
with minds flying wildly
performed in silence...

" All But Passed "...

" All But Passed "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

All but passed
unrestricted
access

as an homage
to an attention-
grabbing square

like folk art
just barely
reaching its peak

but delivering
meaning
starting right here

with six-
figure deals
of twin pillars

svelte figures
among early
interests

from across
two continents
of peasant art

omnivoriously
shopped
by who is
important
and who
is not

interpretted
as objects
replete
with an
indiscreet
avidity...

"Rattled"...

" Rattled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rattled
scrambling
presumed
to have
crashed

intruding reality
slow and flowery
favorably saddled
head-to-head
advantages
being banned

hoisting
staggering
avid weight-
lifting fans

re-examining
samples
unveiling
gambling
favoring
arms' sales

morally
defaulted
fraught
with flaws

brought
to a hault
via all-
important
sharp-
cornered
folklore

passed
down
orally...

" Not Sure "...

" Not Sure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not sure
appearing
to have been
shielded
from the indulgence
of neither

running the country
nor becoming
the presumptive

while evoking
breathtaking justice
for love and loss

at turning points
shared by an audience
on war horses
for uniformed officers

as arduously "spit-spot"
codes of honor
being enriched by harmony

plus effusive melancholy
from wayward products
of the bemusingly avant-garde

somewhat bebopped
at eighth bars
spiraling onward
soldiering on...

"Undergirding the Gruff"...

" Undergirding the Gruff "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Undergirding the gruff
and increasingly threadbare
like ready-to-wear
worn on grandpa's land

having been stitched
together logistically on a spit
of bold indifference

likely to deepen
experts agree
as underscorings
of highly restrictive
long-term facilities

being outlined
by disabilities
while promising
to undo quite a few
concessions
in interviews

with artists of attitude
before and after
spreading the magic

as opposed
to accepting demands
after commanding
romantic paths
toward dalliance...

" Recalling Being Told "...

" Recalling Being Told "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Recalling being told
to play notes upon notes
at any given moment

while writing prose
as opposed to poetry
without even saying so

like brokeback's
new approaches
to the oldest
after going
up in smoke

yet getting
" so stoked "
while wildly
roller coasting
up ghostly coasts

global cameras rolling
chopped-up vocals
inter-changeable flows
great to behold

thrillingly unfluffy
abruptly undercutting
deeply sub-cultural
earth drubbings...

"Calling Up Relievers"...

" Calling Up Relievers "

by Suzán Jiv
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Calling up relievers
like one of the deepest-
I-didn't-think-
fourth-straight victories

after hammering
two-run shots
to left center
in the middle
of the fifth

feeling comfortable
with pitches
partying quickly

grounding out
striking out
no matter

first-round drafts
designated batters
hamstrung stature
missing practice

estate planning
5-pound bags
off-shore
transactions

old-fashioned
undeclared
risk-handling
panic collapse...

"A Vast New Round of Recalls"...

" A Vast New Round of Recalls "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A vast new round of recalls
nearly at the point of tiny
hard-to-state over-importance
of no-more critical causes

being brought to order
proceeding at a crawl
to headquarters

while speaking longingly
for a launch
setting off to a halt

still limping along
to a currency of choice
turning the corner

galloping off  notoriously
whinnying for all
across daunting furlongs...

" Concrete Steps "..:

" Concrete Steps "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Concrete steps
coming down the stretch
facing drug tests

like being denied
eating ice cream
for breakfast

while questioning,
"What makes Texas Texas?"
and "How do you fix
a troubled DC metro system?"

boosted by ultra-wealth
in discrepant
general elections

extending influence
vetting medical attention
with gunmen yelling
to gang members
of never-never forevers

declining to comment
getting upset at the memories
of mistaken identity
after being subjected to far-
less-rigorous ballistics testing...

"Transforming Vintage"...

"Transforming Vintage"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Transforming vintage
into surprisingly modern
polka-dotted processes

by becoming particularly fond
of living with art in garden parties
while donning miniature marvels

nearly microscopic
impromptu luxury shoppers
as imaginative
yet extrenely fragile
pants and gaggles

during chats
and extravaganzas
wearing bouclé jackets
and calf-length organza

versus Panama hats
and daringly flared risky fashions
like ready-to-wear picnic plaids...

" Wide Discontent Cited "...

" Wide Disconent Cited "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Wide discontent cited
among findings

while threatening strikes
rifts grown wide

conventions in July
slowing hirings sowing allies

devisiveness likely
flat-out violence gone awry

re-citing nursery rhymes
"Sing a song of sixpence
a pocketful of rye
four and twenty black birds
baked in a pie

when the pie was opened
the birds began to sing:

" Wasn't that a dainty dish
to set before the king?!"
the king was in his counting house
counting out his money

the maid was in the garden
hanging out the clothes
when along came a black bird
and snipped off her nose

the queen was in the parlour
eating bread and honey
as you know, the king
was in his counting house
counting out his MONEY"...

" Ideally Intimate "...

" Ideally Intimate "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ideally intimate
modern-day spins
haunted by visions
starting to sing

world-wearily riveting
snapping back
re-imagined
as mixed laughter

eclipsing gags
with high standards
infusing rap
orchestral lines flailing

grabbing the chance
unabashedly
with razzle-dazzling
contrasts

like learned-behavior
dancing
shown well afterwards
as something rare

firmly planted
softly chanting
transformative
lighting is all
that matters...

" Resettling "...

" Resettling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Resettling
along
with semi-
snarling
airs of calm

as imagination
problems
of really non-
goings-on

likened
to sloppy
U.F.O.
watchers

making
enormous
profits
off of
housing
projects

from
"non-
comment"
agitprops

for pre-
dominantly
pulpy ex-cons
in sub-plots
of high drama

on the rocks
for pop
mano-a-mamo
stars and "why nots?!"
while being pirated
by a dicey sitcom...

" Recently Recalled "...

" Recently Recalled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Recently recalled
opening doors
for the strictly
mortal contortions
of the frequently gorgeous
"grads" for short

being written
into incident reports
as signs of boredom
while under performing
in the midst of it all

suddenly pummeling
drum kits rapping bits
from greatest hits
of eruptive energy
unapologetically
and wearily

eyes fixed on ceilings
pointing at larger screens
obliterating everything
seemingly happily ever after

hailing
iconographic
pigtails
and/or
ponytails...

" A Handful of Fairs "...

" A Handful of Fairs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A handful of fairs
like high-end
ready-to-wear

as apt as
a fog of gas
capped
by a shower
of cash

from mind-
boggling crafts
shared
by the tech-savvy

tailored to tutorial
haute couture classes
calling, "check"
in a chess match

managing
hand-to-hand
being mechanically
transferred
to a checkerboard
canvas
of stained glass...

" Nonchalance Is Everything "...

" Nonchalance Is Everything "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Nonchalance
is everything
long synonymous
with hidden
kitschy living

along with
fortuitous trips
to thrift mixed
with luminous
authenticity

while "oohing "
like anything
over vintage
limited-edition
time pieces
worn on wrists

mimicking sundials
lining up outside
looking more than
a little tidy
long after midnight

with prolonged
sartorial silence
for high-stylin'
in musty finery

accessorized
overnight
by swirling
deadlines...

" From Milligrams to Megatons "...

" From Milligrams to Megatons "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From milligrams
to megatons
going under
one way or another
as gun runners
being played for chumps
like one-beloved
children of summer

becoming hush-hushed
unspoken and unsung
deepening gulfs
between deeds and things
recorded in gilded ink
on threadbare transparency

filling infirmaries
with eye witnesses
to barely whispering
yet essentially clinched
arm-bearing policies for toddlers

with last-gasp trajedies
upon finding and fatally firing
legally lethal parental weapons
in explosive rifts of innocence
self-inflicted by the tiniest of fingers
while releasing hair triggers...

" An Uncanny Voice "...

" An Uncanny Voice "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An uncanny voice
questioning
complicity
being brought
to prominence

by simply harnessing
the ir-regardless
parts of problems
like unread articles
airing Sherlock

while filling
grids with digits
using addition
subtraction
multiplication
or division

approximating
musical instruments
with the goal
of flawlessness
inducing agita...

" Laid Up "...

" Laid Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Laid up
like a wax-making lummox
being gobbled up
by an empty bogus stomach

in a round up
of loosely-goosey moods
from superfluous romper rooms

as impromptu proto-matter universes
cut down from kerfuffles
for one-star puzzles

becoming capable of only so-much
suffering plus
self-pitying dithers and cringes

upon being submitted to built-up skills
of "when and ifs"
drawn from phlebotomists' sticks...

" Snagging Bear Hairs "...

" Snagging Bear Hairs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Snagging bear hairs
obtaining details
like individual sexes
and families
delisted grizzlies
collars beaming

bears foraging
in the performance
of case studies
for eating lady bugs
of vulnerabilities

while imaging shooting
redoing culprits
of declining pine nuts
by returning to the hunt
"Why rush?!"

switching to subsequent first cubs
having survived into adults
by uncovering clues from tufts...

"Long Before"...

" Long Before "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Long before
non-fictionalized portraits
of the strong and the swarthy

stunning ascendencies
upon newly awakening
from graves of jobless plagues

like chief curators
being catapulted to top ranks
eyebrows raised
by blue-collar workadays

retrofitted for the aging
as sweet pieces of cake made basic
topped off by pie--glazed
braised braids on pastry plates

prominently displayed
irony-ladened leavening agents
given to bellyaching
while navel-gazing...

"Breaths of Freshness"...

" Breaths of Freshness "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Breaths of freshness
playing hard to get
while wondering,
"What the hell?!"

like
hypersensitive
tremulousness

regressively
misrepresented
belligerence

connecting
spits to dams
and drainage systems

due to climate change
while snorting impatiently
in the coming decades

before during and after the flames
mimicking nature in devastating ways...

"Trendier Addresses"...

" Trendier Addresses "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Trendier addresses
longer bottlenecks
sudsier heads
of discrepancy

with crooked
fingers beckoning
to the bluntness
of never-nevers

at full sweat levels
as carnal bests
inventively memorable
seething with intensity

in bigger samplings of bashes
like halfway-afterwards
varieties of bad disasters
happening as olden fairy tales
from struck-up romances
stonily staring...

" Passing a Peek "...

" Passing a Peek "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Passing a peek
intentionally targeting
ground seeking

while pointing
to the emptying
of enemies

as early warnings
signaling immediacy
and the unequivocal
actual freedom
of cease firings

menacing sentencings
like cringe-worthy
glitzy bottle feeding
during la leche meetings

seen beneath
unyielding scrutiny
both openly and publicly
extending reach
to the truly endearing

replete with obscurity
yet seen with validity
as sunbathers lounging

relatively recently
certainly surprisingly
while acknowledging links
to the slight violence
of weak earnings guidance

stemming alarming rises
to re-prescribed
all-the-highest lopsided
disappointed lives

still becoming prized
like throwing strikes
as a requirement
to proceeding
however squeamishly
on pins and needles
towards beauty...

"Likely to Grow"...

" Likely to Grow "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Likely to grow
amid protests
in the program notes

otherwise bold
flashingly showcased
spoofed roles

in rapid vibrato
mostly potently
in the moment

overblown
by hazy boasts
being shrugged-off mostly

while speaking openly
of ferocious devotion
in comfort zones

for preppy hosts
taking hold,
" O Solo Mio! "...

" Hurt in the Ruins "...

" Hurt in the Ruins "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hurt in the ruins
hiring rising
output lagging
reining in
raining down
venues to parry

limited impacts
of bookkeeping lapses
more likely to attack

out of bounds
sown by doubts
within hours
of loudly
pronounced
managed
practices

as statistical blips
of indistinguishable
"plink-plinkings"
while lobbying
for legacies

run amok
bulked-up insults
slurried
disgruntlement...

" Adopting the Spirit "...

" Adopting the Spirit "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Adopting the spirit
in the wake
of a birth name

balances slated
to departure dates
into dense banks
of uncrowded waves

soaring bi-plane
sandy tree-shaded
rocky point breaks

at odd angles
no easy way
as "staycations"

in two worlds away
of aligned behaviors
via lacy bridal trains...

" A Little Buoyancy "...

" A Little Buoyancy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A little buoyancy
due to minuscule
profusions of fuscia
and chartreuse
in redwood grooves
like Lilliputians

besotted by large Monarchs
mimicking toxic Viceroys
by beating black and orange
powdery wings

precariously otherworldly
pressed toward nearly never-ever agains
as challengingly taxing gambles
wearing painted-on eyeglasses

inspiring brainchild desirings
with double billings being
bowled over while donning bowlers
and laced brogues for bold exponents
of opening tableaus truth be told...

"Nature Teaches Us"...

"Nature Teaches Us"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Nature teaches us
unequivocally
via rampant
vacant buildings
over filled
with simple
country wisdom
for city slickers

as seen
by exorcists
professing
bleak opinions
for hillbillies
survinig ir-
reconcilabilities

most crucially
overturning
rulings
backed up a-
politically
only recently
by anti-
doping
athletes
used as task-
masters
for untapped
dopple-
gangers

while mani-
pulating
football air
backlashed
by plans
of fairness
for reined-
in green-
house
gases...

"Madly BackPedaling"...

" Madly BackPedaling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Madly backpedaling
in the snowpack
of long-term
under averages

spanning hair-
raising
caregiving hectares

lurking beneath
panoplies of tree
canopies severely
depleted by de-
foresting

nearing
extinction via
severely endangering
previous centuries

as less storage
and faster runoff
snowshoes no
longer needed

in once-colder regions
for the tiniest
of beings

newly seen
like updated
evolutionary trees

having been left
undiscovered
on the cusps
of momentous
micro-clumps

coming in
from under
once-sump-
tuous be-
humbled
river mud...

"Repeating, 'That Is' in the Ruins"...

"Recreating, 'That Is', in the Ruins"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

"Recreating, 'That Is", in the Ruins"
of fleet fingers and luxurious streams
post putting lurs to lips
of the long-forgotten forays into fiords

requiring circular breathing
like aural alchemy being far exceeded
by the bit-jarring goings on
of the not-so-far ensembles

maintained hypnotically
swaying 'n' nodding
to full-bodied-bleep-worthy teeth
slangily singing, "My Country 'Tis of Thee"
while grippingly "oohing" and "aahing"...

" New Takes"...

" New Takes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

New takes beginning to break
upon gains of the sometimes misplaced
seemingly detangled interplays
over the ages in unexpected ways

being left to settle generically
as unprecedented further developments
all deemed, "Out of the question!"
then contentiously rejected

yet relatively harmless
as sticky webs
from unpredictably messy
supposed blessings

gone off message
like loosened suspenders
for rednecks
getting heckled
by growling bellies...

" A Living Thing "...

" A Living Thing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A living thing
crowing
in the wings

based lossely
on the unusual
just to name a few

no sooner ebullient
and intractably sad
in flight patterns
of economic status
in great detail

ideally cast
as backward progress
of the actual
in familial tales
of refractive failures
being depicted as jazz

yet feeling drab
all at frail randomness
feeling like hostages
of chance at long last...

"Pointed If Not Sentimental"...

"Pointed If Not Sentimental"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pointed if not sentimental
at first testy exuding spunkiness
while glaring across desks
of oozing weariness

after barely
beating an eyelash
having tried and failed
caught unawares

poorly financed
left flailing
underhandedly
and matter-of-factly

bantering in shorthand
being held to higher standards
via back alleys of collateral damage
as sight gags with and without contrast...

"Pratfalls and Pitfalls"...

" Pratfalls and Pitfalls "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pratfalls and pitfalls
stymying novelties
trampling creativity

hermetically sealed
emblematically snarling
cacophonies

like stand-up comedies
of densely avante-garde
earned autonomies

yet inextricably less likely
as slow-tempoed oldies
being unhurriedly seized
by grief jealousy and fear

supernaturally revealed
effortlessly rhythmic
intransigence

voices cast
mysteriously absent
while manically
reaching back
scrambling...

"Before or After"...

" Before or After "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Before or after
a modernist lair
unevenly cast

coaxing hair-raising scares
via dashboard cams
of action fare

likened to boilerplate fams
well beyond compare
but nearly derailed
by pregnsnt glances

through never-the-less
self-correcting lenses
of unstated resentments
all depending on density
however well-intended

while making perfect sense
out of sequence
yet at-the-ready
with tense expletives...

"The Latest Unrest"...

"The Latest Unrest"...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The latest unrest
on the edges
of lethal threats
as unconfessed
developments
underrepresented
but not necessarily
undetectable
at the center of upsets

like life expectancies
painstakingly blurry
blisteringly unclear
from bully pulpits
where the poor live
minute by minute

jaw droppingly
hand-picked
crucial differences
as seen from middle distances
with nothing much amiss
in the gathering darkness
of the not-remotely happy

back stories
flashing back
unhampered
robbed of detail
via golly-gosh-darn
responses to stark problems...

" Being In Charge "...

" Being In Charge "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Being in charge
gleefully silly
and frothy

upliftingly twitchy
ladder up
loaded with yammers
plus yuck-yucks

pleasurably enough
defining what's funny
or just numbing

in love or in lust
both in tone
and in subject

country by country
outlets of studies
like cowboy cultures
of giddy-ups

in halls of induction
all revved up
another rung
of all-of-a-sudden
seduction

all about money a comin'
fully buttressed
by big sums of oblivious
substructures

seemingly impetuous
yet intimate enough
gone under cover

intensely pungent
by the buckets and such
as makeshift funnies...

" Among Mediums "...

" Among Mediums "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Among mediums
splitting the difference
toward prisms of precision

yet primarily limited
to blinkering inestimability
being shrouded in secrecy

while plucking at absurdity
like dried pre-packaged seeds
left barely breathing
in meaningless misdemeanors

handled informally
then loosened and scattered
toward optical bafflement

squarishly freestanding
applied with a stamp
of grandeur as sleight-of-hand
on a benign white canvas...

"In Its Many Guises"...

"In Its Many Guises"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In its many guises
most striking
like its library
and archives
gone under
revival

long secreted
and a little
too completely
as seen
on life-sized
screens

being blown
up dugitally
from
photography

festooned
with graffiti
in strict
chronology

almost
threateningly
year-by-year

ripplingly
cantilevered
splitting
idiosyncratically

undulatingly black
sitting-pat formal clarity
exclusively narrowing

well plastered
multifaceted
flamboyantly vast

unquestionally
abstract
all but absent...

" Tumultuous Eras "...

" Tumultuous Eras "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tumultuous eras
surreally color-free
secret societies

seemingly opening
galumphingly resealed
wizened communities
of inaccessibility

devoted entirely
to losing steam
indistinguishingly
halfheartedly
and monochromatically

becoming totally ungrounded
non-naturalistic palettes
being unexamined as "perhapses"

swathed in BubbleWrap banners
seen at random
like conventional practices
coming up barren...

"Prevention Called into Question"...

" Prevention Called into Question "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Prevention called into question
as yelps for help being neglected

unkempt regarding terror upended
by anger over delegates if and when

like convoluted processes
of volatile elements

inequality and fairness via chairmen
overwhelmingly being benched

only to rise up again
likened to suspects

all gone under cover
into slush funds for smugglers

shaken up
by sharp short stories

having to once
make it snappy repleted by anguish...

"Materializing from Nowhere"...

"Materializing from Nowhere"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Materializing from nowhere
official at-bats all out of habit
from the enigmatic talent
of getting nasty and bearing down

then chuckling about
being thrust from couches
like rookies with clout

settling down
having been found out
needing to chow down
yet rarely getting rattled

becoming unflappable
when feeling enamoured
as a really good manager

rallying past grand nationals
recalibrated as rather
backhanded lengthy bans
passively having
to wait to see what happens...

" Lofty, Definitely Not Cozy "...

" Lofty, Definitely Not Cozy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lofty, definitely not cozy
bouncing up and down
in unassuming lounges
of the outlandishly jowl-
deep contagiously sweet

up-dated global all aloneness
having gone solo with the loco
being reached only by boat

all while on the dole
by skipping the toaster
and getting much much closer

via loyalty programs of olde
pre-supposedly meant only
for the locals truth be told...

" Eating Takeout "...

" Eating Takeout "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Eating takeout
sitting cross-legged
passing along résumés

making points of saying
something in commemoration
of prior campaigns

having remained unchanged
due to affiliations
with previous claims
regarding climate change

becoming way more complicated
playing footsies under tables
relentlessly turning pages
of adoration for donor-based
preferred candidates
as "B"Man v "S"Man for example

while brandishing right-handed
shears seated in metal chairs
going for laughs
coming out of nowhere...

" The Geekier Outposts "...

" The Geekier Outposts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The geekier outposts
of prolific gypsies
revamping cracked jokes
during make-out
burps for nerds

while announcing
the nomadic return
of systematic nannies
under expansion

on multi platforms
just channeled
as entertainment brands
along murky trails

lurking with uncertainties
of right or wrong words
like snapshots
of the especially nasty
illicit love affairs

lacking in compassion
during de-tangling
cutting rasping
post rambling

after looking back
with detachment
on demand...

"With the Exception"...

" With the Exception "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With the exception
as yet back-peddled

during a comeback of cameos
out loud for hours over and out

quietly and otherwise
like idolized zany varieties

strobe lighted over time
subtleties maximized

under masterminds
of heart-rending lines

fiercely brought back to life
by plucky string cycles of vivid reminders

startlingly wild-eyed
flurrying unharmonic melancholy

rippling harp filigrees
echoey billowy buoys

expressively excessively
sudsy brewskis...

"Examples of Expanses"...

" Examples of Expanses "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Examples of expanses
as miasmas of vapid laughter
straggling torches in hand

now masters left to fans
having to ask
while taking drags from flasks

with single cameras flashing
into smatterings
of chit-chattering sparrows

answering back
by nesting in the trappings
of spent grasses
fledgling flights fantastic...

" Such As They Are"...

" Such As They Are "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Such as they are
tethered to senses
of mid-adventure
plus magnanimous
rushes of adrenaline

in dugouts and clubhouses
while manically racing toward home
juices flowing doting over
family photos of olde

seemingly easy going
with little differences
impingingly tight-lipped-
clench-fisted confidence

versus cockiness
seen stewing a lot
over illusory
landing spots

spinning as tops
of chilling prospects
likened to hard copies
full of wants

as stored in pad-locked
foot lockers as impromptu
breachings much further on
of neighborhood watches...

"Little That's Off Limits"...

" Little That's Off Limits "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Little that's off limits
hoverboards in the kitchen
helpful bells and whistles

digital tiny rips
plus smudged fingerprints
unconditionally familial

like unintended gifts
with flowers affixed
that is our children

since antiquity
well into perpetuity
rare motifs

as societies
evoking revelries
unencrypted imagery

greatest reaches
swelling at peaks
co-existing magnetic fields

back stroking
forward rolls
while panning for gold...

" Going Down the Gangplank "...

" Going Down the Gangplank "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going down
the gangplank
like a prank
being complicated
by knick names
for wannabe-big-wig
leaders of the packs
of toothed whales

winding rings
around castles
used as touch pads
for-this-and-for-that
in run-down taverns

doubley disadvantaged
coldly pampered
curiously static quick patters

in hand-me-down flukey tales
barely managing shatteringly mad
daily battlefield examples
lacking in glamour...

" In Caricaturish Terms "...

" In Caricaturish Terms "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In caricaturish terms
those words
gone a whirling

falling limply
diagonally unfolding
in rows like crescendos

elegantly rolling
toward unforetold
unfurling fiascos
of the narrowly focused

being experienced
as shootings before tea
and mortars at dawn

while donning tight uniforms
yet getting foreshortened
by extreme caution

carved out of the long-
and-the-short of it all
along arbitrary borders
of obligatory sing-songy stories...

"Aimed at Patients"...

" Aimed at Patients "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Aimed at patients
nuclear proliferations
undergoing radiation

getting zapped
left having
zippo

that is little or no
perky clinicians
offering gifts

being depicted
as Pan
and Dionysus

in obscure writings
surviving overtime
then entering into decline

entirely undefinable
yet highly recognized
by appearing on textiles

as emblems of wine
and the good life
wool dyed...

"Carrying Off the New-Fangled"...

" Carrying Off the New-Fangled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Carrying off the new-fangled
sometimes heart-breaking

taking place in a crammed studio space
for the un-named world's favorites

as yet to be claimed
by the often-mistaken

while abiding in unlikely places
like literary agents for the deranged

becoming bandwagon based
splintery spokes rotating

"na-na-na-na-na
ya can't catch me!"

"na-na-na-na na-na-na-na
hey-hey-hey good-bye"

"Away with you!
That's so nice of you!"

"Yoo-Hoo! Who do
that voo-do that you do so well?"

in slender velvety leather
as riveting spectacles

in losses of innocence
by overstaying welcomes...

" Willfully Chaotic "...

" Willfully Chaotic "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Willfully chaotic
pink and green blossoms
pulled off with aplomb

against cheetah-spotted backdrops
while sorting socks
and seeming to argue for going gaga
at the peril of technology

under armor in ardent sagas
in floods of nostalgia
grown-up now--believe it or not

worn to The Oscars
tramped-on carpets
fearful hearts

donning caged corsets
and harnessed bras
from the arsenals
of the boldly androgynous
all-in-one projects...

" Remaining Elusive "...

" Remaining Elusive "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Remaining elusive
barely lifting pinkies
consoling sorries

hard-partying
postpartum ick
a mile a minute
into a crypt

not nearly
over green tea
unbuttoned rakishly

being kept in play
off stage
bent at the waist

awkward anxious
reddening faces
riding the day...

" Stretched Thinly "...

" Stretched Thinly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stretched thinly
largely handwritten
raising risks
overly ambitious
exposing the hidden

picking nits
nearly invisible
eliciting
flinching and tics
little-by-little

visual gambits
moving laterally
minute-by-minute

all-at-once thrilling
yet perfectly still
and unscripted
slight grins...

" Broad Swaths of Sky "...

" Broad Swaths of Sky "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Broad swaths of sky
fledgling verifiers
casually philosophizing
in riddles and rhymes

shrewdly well organized
wearing designer tuxedos
beneath scuba suits
while infiltrating
hallucinatory groups
with dubious
cults' ritual uses
by signal-boosting
ping-ponging
copyright issues

inclining to moralize
banishing piety
dropping by
like high jinx

but flowing too freely
and rather informally
"WHACKED!"
so to speak
as return addressees
stepping in pencil jeans...

" All Kinds of Mystical "...

" All Kinds of Mystical "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

All kinds of mystical
being likened
to flat wide
boulevard strips
along raging rivers
of intuitive vision
in transition

partly hidden
lightning-bolt prints
starkly different
but both warm and cheeky
ecstatic re-configurings

as if huddling
while flambouyantly slam dunking
in all matters of production
banding rapt neon glam
via re-enactments of the lay of the land...

" Frenetic Footwork "...

" Frenetic Footwork "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Frenetic footwork
having mastered
stampeding camaraderies
like precisely buzzing
onomatopoeias

while framing conceits
of the shaggily supernatural
creaturely wildebeests
as swarm mentalities

simulating foraging
increasing soil fertility
as snaking gamey delicacies
being given macabre top billing
hissing and slithering
down deepening clearings...

" Through the Grazed Haze "...

" Through the Grazed Haze "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Through the grazed haze
embravened crusaders
for regeneration
well purveyed

yet getting completely bent
out of shape
by acoustical and gravitational
space

scatting and chanting
in mammoth contrast
to a somewhat-soppy plot

being classically polished
in disheartening starts
by behemoth beboppers

having been paired
with foot-stomping
fleets of artists

floor skimming
sticking splits
to elephantine
cacophanies...

" Unfortunate Examples "...

" Unfortunate Examples "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unfortunate examples
effectively curtailed
by lightning-fast-
jaggedly-upscale-
time-honored trappings
of distraction

barely masked
finally being asked
as fragments
torches in hand
goggles aglare

calling it, "passion"
subtitled, "jazzy"
the flight fantastic
with trampoline action
for all-encompassing
extended families

vines straggling austere formats
one-time champions en masse...

" A Kind of Openness "...

" A Kind of Openness "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A kind of openness
within starkness
making sense
of all its members
in character perspectives

seemingly magically
straight-jacketed
jerrymandering
gathering the drab
unwitting catalysts

as hearts shatter
and social fabrics tear
spiritually challenged
witches are back

like firebrands free at last
while tipping the scales
with gritty reactions
of the increasingly frail

with undertones of sadness
heirs and masters
targets at hand
well-mannered ragtag...

" Now on View "...

" Now on View "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Now on view
present by proxy
like light and robots
pinked and polka-dotted
as promisingly as possible

yet still oddly melancholic
like dark postcards
on stark mortared blocks
stacked hollowed columns
of cardboard boxes
and hand-blown glass
with bullwhip tails

startlingly radical brands
of master craftsmen's signed chairs
with autobiographical details
having undergone unsightly repairs
by dazzlingly international casts
from the freshest and the scariest

spindly half-bare branches
of the timelessly tragic
no hints of shabby chic's
scalding transparency

typifying doomed families
prostrate in straight-backed
caned chairs uncannily
gone mad in moral stances
replete with malevolent stares...

"Largely Unchecked"...

" Largely Unchecked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Largely unchecked
now-notorious insects
slipping sanction nets
with much much smaller heads
as agendas for geneticists' quests

viably striving to assemble
alledged repellents in the process
of misdirected vector trajectories

miles ahead like undefied
soaring lines no longer sitting idly by
having survived conniving
revivals of rivals
in multiple unsteady climbs

being denied oversight
at high-tech levels
yet given more buttons to press...

"Ready For More"...

" Ready For More "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ready for more
scoffing at "Because!"
scornfully
as "Not Exactly!"

with economies
repeatedly thwarted,
" Never More! "
in the center of it all

arm jabs
crotch jabs
remastering
the soon-after
jarring scrappiness

in appeals
all for the picking
of a floral print
still nippy

donning
chunky cardigans
with good reason

salvaging jeans
resurrecting boxy
color blocks

while on the rocks
of the nearly impossible
not particularly easily either

as both good-and-bad things
hit the racks
targetted and branded
ad campaigns of intense scarcity...

"Seeming To Be Receding"...

" Seeming To Be Receding "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seeming to be receding
into rattlesnake pink
sandy slitherings
tails rattling

along information highways
kept really foggy
while waiting over decades
during openly negotiated vagaries
fleeing brutally across tough streets

attending fancies
softening then hardening
often seen sparring
mercurially made
achingly clear

listening blankly
dueling and dancing
unwillingly born
of hard experience
throbbing beats
gone viral
a bit more dark...

"Everyone -- Almost Everyone"...

" Everyone -- Almost Everyone "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Everyone -- almost everyone
numbered in the few dozens
like teensy-weensy contingencies
of pretty-bleak-jump-started friskies

rappelling down buildings
laughing or weeping
while at least desiring
incisive themes

re-writing histories
put off by enfeebling
dilly-dallying
raising difficulties

looking frumpy
getting tuned-up
decreasingly
seen at-the-ready...

"Derived Partly"...

" Derived Partly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Derived partly
by almost
unrecognizable
signature styles
headlining
thoughtful tidings

while being
squeezed for time
by backsliders
of the by-and-by
gone sideways

oft-re-incarnated
off stage
unsure of the purity
of space

like mutating
gold face paints
both cherished
and endangered

but as yet unnamed
staking erroneous claims
to unapproachable olden days...

"Charged With Paradoxes"...

" Charged With Paradoxes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Charged with paradoxes
stumbled upon
significantly darkening
post-post Pop

romantic swans
so so popular
ancient meeting modern
letting ids out of bottles

ambition and conscience
opitimism and kitsch
closely knit underpinnings
no frills

foods in plastics
bedazzling
unawarenesses

homelands laments
spaces overhead
no comment...

" Good Reminders "...

" Good Reminders "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Good reminders
thick slices
lusting for life
yet kept
all in the mind

highly seeded
reviewed harshly
since infancy
with fresh urgency

while harping
on past promises
from flipped scorecards
in schoolyards

playing the odds
while walking in socks
of the unorthodox

like veteran comics
using religion
as highly popular art

straight out
of the bottle
for six-penny operas...

"Begun in a Burst"...

" Begun in a Burst "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Begun in a burst
bringing scrutiny
proving to be
tentatively agreed

sifting through centuries
in shirt sleeves
often murky
third degrees

remaining big
as singers'
metaphors
and conceits

unsurprisingly
streaming live
prime time
stand by...

" Set in Motion "...

" Set in Motion "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Set in motion hand-rolled
treasure troves
of renowned tobacco

lids left open
spicy aromas
stogies evoking
smokers' souls

seasonal approaches
oranges yellows
rung doorbells
plush bedding

sparking envy
bright prospects
medium bodied
spinning yarns

paying homage
curing barns
vintage cars

lemons and garlic
street-side
flavor bombs

scattered parsley
creamy pasta
over the top

salmon and garnish
culinary arts
on our radar...

" Sigh No More "...

" Sigh No More "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sigh no more
less siloed
like skinny ties
tossed aside

up one flight
etched lightly
as a child

What is it like?
while wandering
unsupervised
way out of line

recognized
over time
music-hall style

larger than life
blurring lines
being outlined
in overdrive
all on the sunny side...

" Barely Graspable "...

" Barely Graspable "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Barely graspable
outrageously magical
hard to keep on track

as war ravaged
new-fangled
bafflement

pushing past
bound to fail
like austere details

for anthropomorphically
uncanny stripped bare
hardware on demand

contrasting
like budding branches
of pure enchantment

tall and tawdry
defined and deployed
abidingly borderless

classical quarters
passing on
to the actual

significance of facts
reddish tonalities
agreeing to marry...

" Unadorned "...

" Unadorned "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unadorned
by punctuation
high expectations
predominating

as samba-esque
confections
in present tenses
of chord progressions

without question
musical gestures
as bookended
spectacles

frustratingly vague
to anarchic raves
wacky new waves
haphazardly created

while landing
somewhere
hilarious

like beatnik ranks
of graying hair
in rural landscapes

still wearing
space-creature masks
with semi-autobiographical swagger...

" Subversive Allure "...

" Subversive Allure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Subversive allure
having to squirm
flaunting the curves
of the less-worthy-
hyper-sure
longer versions
of circularly
controversial rebirths
like mostly imperious
golden birds
of reassuredness

when multiple
subpoenas are seen
as judicial inquiries
at prestigious universities
profiting illegally
via nationwide sweeps
of advocacy

serupticiously practicing
parallels to tobacco
while playing
down the dangers
as stated in rolling papers
like diagnosed cases
calculatingly unrated...

" Front-Row Fixtures "...

" Front-Row Fixtures "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Front-row fixtures
marshmallow
roasting sticks
broad fingers
by far the biggest
angling for pictures

it's the little things
scrunched down
to the wrinkles
of shared experience
above memorabilia
vintage floor-to-ceiling

supple nubuck classic trunks
loving the flutteringly fuzzy
glitter-encrusted grandmother
almost comically young
catching up to growing numbers
of original punkers all in good fun
comfortably numb at random...

" One More Time "...

" One More Time "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

One more time
ending in the tie
of a daily grind
like charged particles
coloring the sky

tweeted in time-lapse series
as menacingly high northern lights
highly refined like night lights
at numbing velocities
that can't stop thinking

and no ignoring ambiguities
while cutting through clearings
of vulnerabilities maniacally lined
in diaries scribbling left to right
purposefully improvised
as seriously fine traumatic spikes...

" Really Is "...

" Really Is "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Really is lights dimming
reciting the familiar
may have beens

narrowly missed
befittingly slick
fact and fiction

subtlety and ferocity
neither flashy nor brassy
inequality collapsing

both real and fanciful
comically vast
so fretful so spare

anxiety despair
stand-up campfire tales
long-lasting series' pairings

seriously dampened
mysteriously wailing
along thoroughfared rural areas...

" Far From Likely "...

" Far From Likely "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far more likely
the first of its kind
reciting familiar lines
during a riot
made bite-sized
by writers

well worth the fight
with uninvited
vivid reminders
" It's Alive! "

holes in our lives
like old-style
zests of lime
squeezed slowly
overnight
into lemon-lime

multi-tined-
high-quality
tinned kinds
just in time

high-five-
fine wines
closed eyes
confusion
and delight

magically
bullet-like
pies in the sky
at brisk clips
of high risk

bird-call trills
artfully hinted
by bowed violins...