" 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...