" 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...