" 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...