“ The Ripening “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ The Ripening “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The ripening
stout stemmed
sharp shinned
smooth skinned
bearing lemons and limes
oranges ‘n’ tangerines
lustrous dark green oval leaves
flowering seasons late spring
may flower continuously
according to species
stems looking silvery ...

“ Which Are Alike? “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Which Are Alike? “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Which Are alike?
as individual species
during rainy periods
versus drought
natives of arid grasslands
columnar spine-covered
specialized light streaming
during the brightest of seasons
sprouting small delicate leaves
imprecise waterings
active growth periods
branching broadly
from the base
undertaking
propagation
becoming
carefully
labeled
while growing
at odd angles
in inch-deep layers
pink and fragrant
having grown
in the shade
during daylight
savings ...

“Clay-Pot Fragments In the Bottom” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Clay-Pot Fragments In the Bottom “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Clay-pot fragments in the bottom for drainage
large flat spathes with popular names
“Flamingo Flower”  Oilcloth Flower”
knicknamed “pigtail” and “tailflower”
puckered pink and salmon shiny as if lacquered
strapflowers standing in trays of wet pebbles
daily fine-mist sprays stalks attached to thin canes
flower-layered cone shapes watching out for aphids
areoles closely spaced free-standing lengthening
slightly raised clustered fanshapes undulating
air layered easily propagated fragrant
star shapes sword shapes gracing seed trays ...

“ Maximum Sizing “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Maximum Sizing “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Maximum
sizing
being supported by
soft twine
and plastic-covered wire
across thin stakes
for offcentered spadixes
as heart-shaped
strap flowers of metallic
purple aging
into emerald green
veins etched
with delicate silver
while living
in potting mixtures
equal parts
coarse peat moss
soil and sand
fleshy roots leathery leaves
ultimately
growing epiphytically in trees ...

“ Can Be Freed “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Can Be Freed “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Can be freed
of dust by sponging
the leathery leaves
plus misting daily
needing extremely
high humidity
dividing clumps
in the early spring
being separated carefully
as superseded flamingo lilies
shading into cream
mixed in with moist peat
crowning tooth-edged leaves
large genuses seen
bursting at the seams ...

“ See Back “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ See Back “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

See back for details
premier plants
as anything but ordinary
moisture-ladened landscapes
rosy and fragrant
attracting pollinators
compact ornamental grasses
butterfly magnets
large flowering dazzling
aromatic nooks and crannies
with bi-color accents
long lasting
resembling cotton candy
becoming citrus splashed
like energized grafts
that morph
into dancing marionettes ...

“ It Begins “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ It Begins “

by
Suzán
Jiván
Mom
&
Mom-
Mom
Suzán

It begins
as a half measure
with deep interest
in rich nectars
self-surrendering
to introspections
realized
like nasalized echoes
leading
to transcendental adeptness
radiant beyond measure
graduating to secret centers
from the chest up to the head
prolonged breathes
hidden potentials
blossoming perennials
lime and magenta
crimson stems
chartreuse petals
delicate flower heads
fairy-tale blends
pastel perfection
bi-color accents ...

“ Always Fascinating “ ...

” Always Fascinating “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Always
fascinating
fragily organic
delicate hands
thick cloaks of hair
supremely glamorous
marching triumphally back
much more than practical
having been borne on a scallop
and blown through a confetti of flowers
as a somewhat simple matter
in streets and squares churches palaces
consecrated chastity
prickly cockles polished scotch bonnets
ponderous incongruous arks
solitarily monogamous...

“ Following “ ...

” Following “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Following the popularity
of art entourages
forming just prior to democracy
along with tactless honesty

made “right”
from the start
once “admired”
now “disregarded”

like divergent
mysteries
veils cloaks
long black robes
sun-filled patios

political posters
“beauty” counter-
balanced
by “unreality”

misty and indistinct
thick fluffy fleeces
being given
a sense of peace

as both a person
and as a means
by providing shielding

depicting leaves
fluttering
in the breezes

astonishingly “free”
yet frighteningly glinging
precisely positioning

flirtatious tiltings
endless distances
kindly ineffectual

like great giants trying
futilely to straddle the horizon
and dominate the sky

as conquering armies
looming largely
upon coming home to art

via The Renaissance
for St. Francis
and two St. Johns

but no time left
for Leonardo
like three Marys
in the Gospels

being carved into marble
hands delicately apart
resolution incarnate...

“ Resisting and Affronting “ ...

” Resisting and Affronting “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Resisting and affronting
vulnerability with toughness
as defined by adventurous
grandmothers can-canning
for Toulouse Lautrec
sipping half absinthe
and half cognac
via painted Moulin Rouge
parties and jumping jockeys
plus patrons at the opera
dancing at bars
and hunting foxes
by sitting at the bar
with mothers of the artist
women seen in gardens
pictured as resting models
girls with lovelocks
in La Revue Blanche
donning black stockings
playing cards and cartwheeling
at the salon after attending concerts
with knights in armor...

“ Kind of Now “ ...

” Kind of Now “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Kind of now
pacifiers
pigments
and sometimes
glitter
as overridden
equilibriums
ruining
glossy finishes
via microcrytals
called, “crizzle”
stuffed
in landfills
and burial pits
replenished
by supplements
for structure
and function
resulting
in joyful discovery
for current cultures
from former lovers
likened to plunging
web-footed sea ducks...

“ Off of the Front Page “ ...

“ Off of the Front Page “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Off of the front page
as the unlikeliest of places
like neon-green-lensed lights
contrasted by hexagonal red signs

while gushers flow during 150th roles
far and away from medicalized approaches
all due tomorrow by astrologers
trying on hypotheses just for size

watching reindeer fly with widening eyes
keeping chins up plus chests puffed
over older caterpillar blacks
with pale-orange bands

atop cream-colored dots
from Alberta to Utah
on sparse hilltops
for astronomers’
fall equinoxes

smelling of shriveling rotting leaves
as seen beneath glossy fall shrubbery
buds turning gradations of mauve pinks
smokey purply at their peak

perennials lingering
velvety looks and feels
quiet harmony reliably hardy
gracefully arching
blooming only briefly
then deliberately
lapsing into dormancy...

“ Coming Back to Life “ ...

” Coming Back to Life “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Coming back to life
being realized
by leaping at big ideas
within a distinct
horror series
that confronts zombies
for commercial re-release

as tweaked features
for menacing interviewees
while leading
to the slashing of budgeting

followed by appalling
incoherence
with high levels
of violence
under the watchful eye
of wide screens

hard to accuse of pandering
easily triggering strapless gags
as subliminally captured flashbacks
like creepy distractions
of musically maladaptive
Grimm’s Fairy Tales

during re-tailored
cleavage-enhancing farewells
co-mingling with both wonder and dread
as refugees of ruthlessness
heads bowed praying in primitive
mission pews trimmed with kitschilly
stiffened deep-pink netting...

“ Revealing “ ...

“ Revealing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Revealing independent steaks
mixing ethnic and gender parities
as manageable local talent
and added transplanted diversities
as “natural artistic scavenging”

arranging architectural stacks
and handsome evocative photographs
magestically free standing
wrapped in waxing and waning masses

arcing discreet impacts as “all powerful”
alternative galleries given “backbone”
while lounging in living room couches
legs stretched out comfy feet on hassocks

feeling relaxed yet expansive
while living within ramshackle
palaces of former glamour
canaries perched on wingback chairs

past masters growing gray and shaggy
having screwed up badly
with impromptu sweetness and sadness

cued in by harsh ironies
thereby “permitted to be interesting”
not to mention “feeling pushed to the edge”
irrespective of “The Self”
making murky sense while lifting
partial fingerprints of smudgy memories...

“ Double-Voiced “ ...

” Double-Voiced “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Double-voiced
chromatic and back
like contrasting pairs
rounding off
melody expanding
heady pleasures

awakening to veils
in the final stanzas
colliding shattering
primeval crashes

last chapters of vocal tracts
overarching narratives
noble passions flute clarinet
heroic air dangling uvulas
both hard and soft palates...

“ The Downsides “ ...

” The Downsides “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The downsides of reaching a milestone
peculiar to tailpipes for hybrid
self-drivers being treated for poison ivy
long after suicide by scraping fakers
out of local organizations
having driven straight into deregulations
descending or “ornamenting” into falsetto
as a consequence of extreme upper extensions
voices growing heavier struggling for expression
vilifying sluggishness deemed, “ impotence”
stemming from”scorched methods”
between the chest and the head...

“ A Cheesy Surprise “ ...

” A Cheesy Surprise “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A cheesy surprise
like package-free
serving niches

under appreciated
on the back of a receipt
for an unrefined drink
at the rum museum

within dark
cool interiors
while leaning
over
mixing drinks
and chomping
on nonprofit
groceries

as an unpretentious
legacy of gluten-free
vegan pizza...

“ Pressing “ ...

” Pressing “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pressing pause busting
plots getting caught
pushing divisive issues
jolting disclosures
slashing budgets
shrinking policies

running interference
behind the scenes
going back-and-forth
in between scandals
and viscious backlashes
with free lunches
coming under attack

as ventriloquists gather
to throw their voices
towards free speech
dummies speaking
charismatically
while doing stand up

holed, as a putt
dear as a memory
sleeping in barracks’ beds
dreaming of woodpeckers...

“ Doesn’t Do Justice “ ...

” Doesn’t Do Justice “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom& Mom-
Mom Suzán

Doesn’t
do justice
as seemingly
regressive
growing senses
of blurred etiquette
among skeptics
for holy terrors
muffling
their madnesses
with alacrity
labeled as,
“A Grand Plan”
for citizens
in the millions
left exhausted
and baffled
having grappled
with elaborate
conspiratorial
laugh tracks...

“ Life-Sized “ ...

” Life-Sized “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Life-sized
cardboard
cutouts
inevitably
creeping
in upon
putting up
millions
in order
to battle
over 3-D
blueprints
for weaponry
like having been
played out
completely differently
ranking raw centipedes
as “endangered species”
with signs reading,
“We’ll pray for you!”
for many many good reasons
while actively warping arias
by performing gravity-
defying sky dives...

“ Providing “ ....

“ Providing “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Providing a look
at a cricket star
drawing nods
fronting prospects
by topping the box office
and ignoring the cost
of courtly love
like long-running
understudies
living comfortably
while whistling flubs
over continuously
quieting summers
guiding forces
seen a long way off
as well timed pauses...

“ Each Day “ ...

“ Each Day “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Each day
meditating
hydrating
serving
small plates
of ancient grain
during weight training
and posture straightening
reincarnating just blocks away
via ocean air and sand
while amiably shaking hands
over freshly prepared fairy tales...

“ Growing Clout “ ...

“ Growing Clout “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Growing clout
grinding
down critics

waiting it out
weary eyes
warm smiles

dating profiles
visual delight
risking reuniting

expressing ourselves
and our beliefs
largely unimpeded

not yelling either
eerily ordinary
midstride midlife

more than slight
dreamlike at daylight
luminous advisors

putting logos
on condoms
arrows on target...

“ Harder and Harder “ ...

” Harder and Harder “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Harder and harder
cliff-face-to-cliff-face
repeatedly teetering
in long-running series

pondering the vagaries of love
while clinging fastly to one another
performing all of our own stunts
of surfer-girl punk shrinking in number

didactic dichotomous
crammed with rock
nearly nonstop equality
targetted block parties

snappy and catchy
percolating tracks
preternaturally attractive
transformative acts
upbeat banter
rounded edges added...

“ An Unraised Voice” ...

” An Unraised Voice “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An unraised voice
in no time at all
long lashes
come-hither stares
totem badges
mirror flashes
deific contradictions
dreading counterfeit
withering gowns
whirlwinds waterspouts
diluted touted
heaving barriers
handwringing delirium
unshakably adhering
to myopic hemispheres
of smoldering offspring...

“ Organizing New Offerings “ ...

” Organizing New Offerings “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Organizing new offerings
of greater extremes
while leaping into the breach

feeling timid and awkward
initially yet committing to being,
“As bad as coolness demands”

for all-female bands
tweeting disasters
having played, “Second Banana”

getting graphically
re-imagined by moving faster
like pitter-patters

in order to straddle-the-gaps
with songs and dances
aplomb and alacrity

spanning joviality to anger
not holding back
traveling across a scarred
Heartland with revolving casts...

“ Scrawling Graffiti “ ...

” Scrawling Graffiti “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scrawling graffiti
most crucially
intensities
of chemical smells
delimited sketched
dried specimens in pen
painted skeletons
as centers of attention
from inception
gifts of plotlessness
upon toddling off to bed
twisted curls at temples
lumpy feather beds
“reflecting on reflex”
canons of the unhealthy
left open ended
fractured textures...

“ Belly-Flopping “ ...

” Belly-Flopping “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Belly-flopping
snapping up
shares
sloughing off
stumbles
matching up
mug shots
trading
for start ups

delivering
profits
irregardless
of plunging
stocks
opportunity
knocking
puzzling
economists

deep knowledge
botony zoology
absurd “innate” inferiority
classics philosophy
during Carnivalé Arts

donning vegetarian tacos
decorated with seasonal toppings
for all stars prizing novelty
garnering benchmarks
for raising the consciousness
of archivable diehards...

“ Virtually Disappearing “ ...

“ Virtually Disappearing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Virtually disappearing
unkempt dishevelled
appealing to hell
rather than heaven
not pleasure but torment
insomniac obsessiveness
bulging with omniscience
deemed, “primeval arrogance”
when “ turning in on the self “
harsh and relentless
pity and terror night sweats...

“ Lost in a Shroud “ ...

” Lost in a Shroud “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lost in a shroud
ghostly acrid
stretching
from Oklahoma
to Alaska
having detected
ice caps
on The Red Planet
as stars
shatter and particles
scatter
on vast scales
showing
up on instrument
panels
on dashes
linguistic obstacles
notwithstanding
aggressive
fishing practices
still
claiming to have
one
another’s backs
while
appearing as actresses
undergoing
meta-analysis
aimed
at discovering
if anything
is actually
happening
due
to social
impact gatherings
on couches
of circumstance
in mortifying fashion
inspiring
eyerolls abd copycats
donning
false eyelashes...

“ Like an A-List That’s Left Unprinted “ ...

“ Like an A-List
That’s Left Unprinted “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Like an A-List
that’s left
unprinted
like something
a tabby
just can’t resist
used as slang
for “a hat”
replete
with photographs
and graphics
after planning
to disband
nostrils flaring
in feedbags
filled
with uneaten parts
of an apple
and/or a carrot
being called,
“a prank”
during accident
investigations
for produce
intolerant patients
complete
with two pronunciations
needing
to make reservations
for viewing
sushi
consumers on stage
being deemed,
“Nasty”
well beforehand
having used
hidden cameras
on the deadpan...

“ Triggering Tripwires “ ...

“ Triggering Tripwires “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Triggering
tripwires
overcast
overnight
rural tiny
yet primed
and likened
to raw devices
used on the rise
within the big
big really big
picture of stripping
security clearances
in order to rein in
criticism creating
secret veneers
of complete
disagreements
supposedly adept
at striking deals
offset by fiery
midnight tweets
lean and brassy
having been
cut in half
using deceptions
to embarrass
wreaking havoc
unmasking
scalawag
upscale
scandals...

“ Put at Risk “ ...

” Put at Risk “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Put at risk
via weakening
initiatives
of lengthening
endangered lists

circling the wagons
facing complicity
as seen in peaking
correctional facilities
having targeted,
“Burying Beetles”

while steaming
superheroes’ action series
loudly shouting,
“HOLY MACKEREL! KAPOW!”
and feasting on nostalgia...

“Brimming and Overflowing” ...

” Brimming and Overflowing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Brimming and overflowing
“My cup runneth over “
terraced slopes laid open

drizzled strolls
beneath graying foliage
excavated knotholes

tarpaulins poles
found marsh marigolds
growing in hollows

honoring bronzed monuments
as minaretted mosques
educating imams...

“ The Foaming Underside “ ...

” The Foaming Underside “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The foaming underside
like posthumous postures
of unquarried marble

shaking shrines
re-enacting timelessness
far above high-tide lines

whitewashed icons
rinsed
into pinnacles of silt

compacted cracked
smelling
of flame-warmed beeswax

having been planned ad hoc
like embellished margins
for acquatic guardians
of water lily gardens
damsel flies darting...

“ Night After Night “ ...

“ Night After Night “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Night after night
residing unrecognized
milkweeds forever grinding
along kneeling hillsides
over sledges of time

new ages being signed
like minds divided
into right and left sides
being riddled twice
while crying, “ I! I! “

contrariwise
intertwining
invisible wires
wrapped inside
cramped precise...

“ Lending New Clarity “ ...

” Lending New Clarity “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lending new clarity
to molecular views
like copious antidotes
to fading rainbows
ungoaded by indigo rays

contained in neon sea sprays
and hinged crustaceans
beneath glistening bays
where pregnant miracles are made

impending weather changes
due to cherubs above doorways
riding rafts of flames
fueled by parchment papers
of doomsday naked
amoebas left unscathed...

“ Singing Alone “ ...

” Singing Alone “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Singing alone
growing older
as if by vertigo
gulfing moments
of giggling motions

head-dropping tulips
along lines of blue
elephantine hooves

white wing bars blurring
on mockingbirds
as servants in a hermitage
rarely emerging
from shored-up immersive
churches exploding fireworks...

“ Left Scratching and Clawing “ ...

” Left Scratching and Clawing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Left scratching and clawing
spurning innocence reinforcing
back-and-forth boundaries

rescue capture recovery
asserting passivity
as well as voyeuristic marveling

inducing swooning
brooding ambiguity too
via earthly horizontality

defying gravity
porous weightlessness
achieving verticality

skimming clear rapid streams
silvery glittery like “real
gone girls of the cinema”

live with it as exhilarating differences
becoming more and more visible
after re-visiting gala paradoxical spins
of once-jarring rituals and maxims...

“ Once Nimble “ ...

“ Once Nimble “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Once nimble sent tripping
tilting ellipses of dis-recognition
complex vistas instant artifices
minimal gestures maximal prevalence
of claw-foot juxtapositions
like unfulfilled promises
of bottle-cap art deemed “body erotic”
via magic-marker scarred dioramas...

“ An Oddity “ ...

” An Oddity “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An oddity
like a fern seed
forming beneath
it’s own leaf

seemingly tediously lingering
while attempting to judiciously
ripen it’s fibral underpinnings

by meshing intimately
stiffening
across irresistible inlets
of sequential fertility
released  downily...

“ The Body-Art Industry “ ...

” The Body-Art Industry “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The body-art industry
like Sanskrit being inked on hips
then posted as selfies in fancy digs
of celebrity adherents striking deals
while tending to fancy people
by executing ideas slightly out of sync
like getting etched on an index finger...

“ Changing the Rules “ ...

“ Changing the Rules “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Changing the rules supposedly
streamlining and improving
weights of  “The Constitution”

while seeking immunity
from “alleged” collusion
hoping to get their due

claiming to be “Best Suited”
yet lucidity remains illusive
making rare moves

souped up trucked out
rebooted cloud computing
using cement mixers as a muse

sketching “Crouching Nudes”
as unerring senses of gauzy human
planes of overarching language
masklike faces rib cage shoulder blade...

“ Swirling “ ...

” Swirling “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Swirling assertions
and contradictions
by operatives ordered
to “loosen their grip”
by muddying outcries
via the steering of high-
level devious ideas
of pagan giants

imposing heavy curbs on asylum
minus the tie-dying of stereotypes
being deemed, “Eternally Timely
as a Morality Play...Not Quite!”

quivering getting inked
far far from the mainstream
donning sleeves of black and gray
fanning fear and anxiety

being ruled by, “The Evil Eye”
from “Outside Society”
tyrannically personified
like survivors of flood and fire
being complied unquantifiably
“Over Our Time”...

“ As a Rule “ ...

” As a Rule “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As a rule
lacking roots
proves to be futile
except for froufroued
lichen sutures hitherto
fragmented fugitives
for the foolish
fearing uprooting
by mobile opportunists
getting unmoored
from crepuscular firs
iridescently surging
ungirdled knits-and-purls
well above the blurring
of surging currents
turning irreversibly...

“ Giving Way “ ...

” Giving Way “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Giving way
to clandestine
preparation
as excesses
of cultivation

falling to hoarfrost
at dawn like leaves of salt
already borne along
well before summer straw

sown hand-to-hand
via precarious baskets
of casketed chaff

half believed in
while steaming for weeks
along waving light-fingered wheat

no longer leaning
once the weather eased
oozing of poppies...

“ Roofed in Black “ ...

” Roofed in Black “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Roofed in black
lifted flaps
friably organic

enamored nomads
at home with metronomic
forward motions

windless harmless
disregarded particles
tabernacled rods
as rest for the body

repudiated prophets
concocting Nirvanas
via time-honored
smart bombs of neutrons
while garnering ash blondes...

“ Compartmental College Politics “ ...

” Compartmental College Politics “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Compartmental college politics
adopting Platonic jargon
as centers of knowledge
practicing medical arts

mastering never giving up
while uncovering
bold and colorful
educational results

becoming better able to confront
difficult clinical subjects
as nothing to be ashamed of
like tinctured deliriums
where there is no wind

migrating geese overwintering
nesting in cloistered precincts
flocking among illusory mysteries
lofting into Spring by degrees...

“ Chained Consonants “ ...

” Chained Consonants “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Chained consonants
cleaved to physiology
pivotal processes

previous centuries
softening unraveling
individualities

shifting between sounds
no taint of nose nor mouth
as shaky parameters of calamity

marred by a damp mating dance
having twirled into disaster
plainly marked, “Enchanted”
disparately ending in tragedy...

“Immeasurable Condemnation” ...

” Immeasurable Condemnation “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Immeasurable condemnation
powerfully denied today
while promising warmer relations
and swatting away accusatuons

mislabeled disabled investigations
proclaiming, “It’s a disgrace!”
having made serious mistakes
replete with warning labels
ascribing blame to poor relations

being put on public display
railing against dwindling birth rates
while lying awake miles and miles away
scouring for remains of defeated candidates
in order to fuel heated debates
intending to imagine modern-day
global affirmation menace still waiting

claiming, “There is no safety!”
exposure on the highest elevations
rain coursing across pane
pelting lattices of haze
the tics the shame sick headaches
single-lit pathos warped terrain...

“ Stood “ ...

” Stood “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Stood up stood next misunderstood
due to double negatives
of dangerously distant intelligence

no one remembers
the luxuriousness of pelts
as undersides of memory

surrendering to texture
primed and ready
yet reticently venturing
into cloudberry’s
pale red stem ends...

“ Severe “ ...

” Severe “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Severe thunderstorms forecast
flash floods damaging gusts
deemed, “Mother Nature’s Tough Love”
like riotously smutty
guessing the makeup of mutts

at once outrageous classical invaders
as triumphs of capitulation
by measuring womb space
for the creation of shock-waved
inaugurations of golden ages
as tragedy dissipates via poetical flames...

“ Periodic “ ...

“ Periodic “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Periodic clouds
and showers
listing thousands
on a “Bleu Planet”
of manic setbacks

asking, “Why
should we care
for alder branches
floating offshore?”

altering our aortas
via a surf’s roar
rolling up force...

“ Next “ ...

” Next “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Next to unidentifiable
seen exorcising
in full-length mirrors

deemed,
“muscle memory”
while standing
at attention
and leaning
together
less and less

grunting sweating
bearing
books and pencils
of luminousness

as mentioned
in flowing letters
of messaged serenity...

“ Whipping “ ...

” Whipping “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Whipping
winds arriving
like joyrides
on barbed wire
indicting
tumbleweed
inciting pigweed
to vainly proceed
toward the amaranth
of antiquity
smearing windshields
being hemmed in
by arcane whirligigs
falling on hands and knees
stripped of ego
peafowl screaming...

“ Airborne “ ...

” Airborne “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Airborne
intricately
unleafing
underneath
necklaced
honeybees
sleekly
vanishing
and
re-emerging
elegantly turning
arabesques
hovering
and wind dragging
as if by accident
while whereabouts
vanished
via deceitful
broken-wing pageants
like casualties
of disregarded camouflage
seemingly still
in charge of “squiggle spots” ...

“ Invested “ ...

” Invested “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Invested
in opacity
white
over black
up-and-down
normality

Go back!
Go back!
reef bell
clatterings

old accounts
never
having been
balanced

while playing
tag or catch
with blurrrd
amethyst sand
and gravel

low overcast
a nub and a nap
as round-about
dazzlings spruce
tamarack wildflowers...

“ Curbed Flowerbeds “ ...

“ Curbed Flowerbeds “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Curbed flowerbeds tangible enjambed
unrandom daylight on demand
arcane calamity entirely natural
balanced blackened all out of habit
emerging massively inching caravans
kerosene lanterns avenues’ wasteland
headline-grabbing manipulative mastery
being seized by updrafts of gray-ash
manifestos of charred saffron
napalm tenacity diagonal thoroughfares
blasphemous parodies catwalks redacted
blazing gases barracks of blank canvases...

“ Stirring “ ...

” Stirring “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stirring discord
breaching protocol
rattled and distracted
yet still intact

facing challenges
defending actions
handling scandals
by swimming laps
on a kiddie placement

seeking animated reality
but feeling short on facts
and big in physicality
and personality

combatting
foot dragging
from the past
by composing
romance novels

both sloppily
and beautifully
for problem solvers
of guerrilla artists
of days long gone

swimming into the near-present
unflinchingly introspective
feeling prone to repeating ourselves

picturesquely short of breath
teeth clenched effervescent
swatch selectiveness for go-getters

like predecessors
outside of ourselves
upon making overt references
to gaps in our categorical elsewheres...

“ Going On “ ...

“ Going On “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going on
without a halt
doc’s orders

set down
coughed up
subtleties
of touch

redefinitions
of structure
a mane of lustre
falling upward...

“ Music-Borne “ ...

“ Music-Borne “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Music-borne explicitness
rendered visible and invisible
theatrical action art as scandal
fleeting shadows cultivating tactile

prolonging hovering uncertainty
restatements of themes exploding
like pulsating D#s of divided studies
while changing keys and rebounding
inwardly and outwardly through parallels

gently traced by the thumb of the left hand
as scenes of sympathy and antipathy
muted echoings ingenious symmetry nervous
memory shiver effects of lost measures...

“ Erudition & Wit “ ...

” Erudition & Wit “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Erudition and wit
bristling supposed
disorders of women

Apollonian purity
as hope for male objectivity
“Poetry is the connecting link
between body and mind”

a difference of quantity
and not of kind exiled
from the center of life

voyaging
from nonbeing
and back
breaking free
from matter as
a secret sacred space
no longer the same

“Kill the imagination,
lobotomize the brain,
castrate and operate:
then the sexes
will be the same.”

tamed via ritual formulae
trying to suppress nature
yet never really eradicated
replaying arcane uncanny
incantations rising and falling
oceanic waves reordering
spuming and frothing...

“ Back In Effect “ ...

” Back in Effect “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Back in effect
putting theories to the test
not at all that far fetched
nor deeply skeptical

while looking at the credentials
of a feminist Empress
lulling punishing elements
by the cold light of intellect
and the intensity of objects

being given
a tragic sense
of decrepitness
low commitment
high energy

vicious derogatory missiveness
chaotic internships
miraculous quick switches

whinnying grunting
puffing up shared pulses
bounty served up

stopping suddenly
put into trucks
steamy summers

draining of blood
languages disrupted
like cruel tusks

as “lord of thy utterance”
while bringing suffering
coiling around wings
leaping gasping

residual maleness
mastering spells
with single sentences

melanoma spreading
barbaric ugliness
fictive energy

refined and feminine
intolerable pressures
open-air spectacles

sexual regeneracy
stubbornly dense
wielding spears
and helmets
unconvincing
decadence...

“It Pursued Me” ...

“ It Pursued Me “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It pursued me
into my dreams
as a singing species
of unearthly beings

believed to be females
unfolding
from repressed spheres
of unnerving coteries

provoking nonbeings
via “disembodiment”
invariably hinging on fragility

resembling wind string or reed
haunting whistling modifying larynx
timbre stamp construed to be male

according to theories
of shared morality
as unravelled individualities

texture personality echoing passion
pale inanimate threadbare
genderless messengers

bearers of letters expressed
as intense “inner sexes”
charismatically witnessed
texts and sonnets
slow solemn stillnesses...

“Eerily Familiar” ...

” Eerily Familiar “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Eerily familar nodding at sea
flag-waving devotees
refusing to accept defeat

while managing
a staggering lead
with deep fears
of it backfiring
via human nighs

being shunned
many a time
seeking
hope inside
of crises

being likened
to cosmetic
injections
for guys

repeatedly crying
“wrinkles in time;
we’re on your side;
a stitch in time saves nine”

one must be awed
with a hard core at the fore
as spurious metaphors

violent as well as
benevolent
direct descendants
often expressed
as serpents

subordinating
shaved heads
utterly
exhausting strength

artist mystic saint
shamans’ stages
stumbling
upon snakes mating

spectral night faces
emanating
without fixed shapes
proclaiming,
“Let us pray!”

while navel gazing
and swelling
with expectation...

“ Wanting “ ...

“ Wanting “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Wanting something
straightforward
yet still warmly
structured
like relevant
subjects of love
wary vulnerable
“angry-punk”
breezy banter-y
deep healing
unleashed sparkling
while emerging serene
and being buffed
to a brilliant sheen...

“ Making Miracles “ ...

” Making Miracles “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Making miracles
with masks
harlequins and bears
waters splashing
singing chanting
in brown rice sacks
falling silent yet daring
donning polka dot smocks
floating wandering
in boudoirs
beneath cracks of plaster
while lying on divans...

“ So Many “ ...

” So Many “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

So many were there
performing
their daily tasks

like watching
lightning flashes
in order to gain
mystical awareness

henna for the hands
flowers for the hair
traveling encoded paths
of love and valour
envoys of romance - mantras...

“ To Match “ ...

” To Match “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

To match exhaustive manuals
with separated parents
night mingling shaking hands
with chiefs of staff
all lacking in planning
while stringing along damaging actions
never having reached parody
after bringing in referees
to oversee delivery armies
reading, “EMPTY EMPTY EMPTY”
losing money taking bets
staging stunning upsets
raising arms over heads
for maximum effect as migration tests
go nowhere with feverish heirs
blaming fractured narratives
on caricature like double-standard
vampire rants contradictorily
radical and passive as inter-office
romances go quickly out of fashion...

“ Aims & Methods “ ...

” Aims & Methods “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Aims & methods
formulating behaviors
concluding statements
lecturing explaining
personality traits

nature motivation
measurement evaluation
marking grading
sensibility humaneness

new translations
of untamed chaos
unknown exchanges
disquieting weighted
closing of ranks...

“ The Posterity “ ...

“ The Posterity “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The posterity of life
typified by energy requirements
changing of light
via electrified communal societies

like the latest and the final dyes
all dusted white over red flag pines
while loading infantry rifles
over frozen eyelashes compiling
smoke-colored rites...

“ The Rundown “ ...

“ The Rundown “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The rundown
away
from the wind
dirty, as tricks
“Stop!
You’ll be sorry!”

spilling splices
of brilliance
carrying
into whispers
twirling crimson
memory slippages

foot’s slipping
into cowardice
rolling midst suspicion
from the dreadful
to the minimalist’s
somnolent silken softnesses...

“Plenty” ...

“ Plenty “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Plenty of sunshine tomorrow
upon coming
to Washington in pitch darkness

squeezing through narrow passages
drawing people back despite advances
due to finger wagging plus trumpeting

going nuts emails becoming muddied
by scandals of cash-flow analysis
on “Sports Saturdays”

staged in between powerhouses
and news outlets of tariffs versus prosperity
reporting online platforms for voyeurs

hook ups plus break ups
being sued over pay
greeting emojis in matinees

feeling both pleased and embarrassed
stirring up happiness via behavior exams
labeled both “zany” and “per chance”...

“ There Weren’t “ ...

” There Weren’t “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

There weren’t so many
planes and no one stayed
up late to stare at the stars
nor search for “Crackling Palms”

while teams tested shells in the desert
sequencing, “ launch signal burst”
likened to compounds of fireworks

rendered as reds greens blues and golds
used impetuses for heroes
being swung up from ditches
journeying to Eternity...

“ The Content “ ...

” The Content “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The content
ever increasing
unravelled secrets
prescribing
systematic treatments
of varying degrees
energy storing
energy releasing diversity
happening quickly
night mingling
airing publically
involving the scrubbing
of documents
as a grueling process
flipping swerving meandering
so hot yet so far away
trapped in flooded caves
hoping to be saved
alternating generations
seen as better-off neighbors...

“ Shown “ ...

” Shown “

by
Suzán
Jiván
Mom
&
Mom-
Mom
Suzán

Shown
step-
by-
step

fully
effective
energy
levels

intending
to tempt
thriving
again

extremely healthy
fresh revelations
simmering gently

tossed then dressed
stirred well filled centers
pressed edges shaped crescents...

“ Unintended “ ...

” Unintended “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unintended
consequences
declared
“ promising “
yet unverifiable
agreements

supposedly
facing strict
scrutiny
for deciphering
“model”
minorities

as scores
of unclaimed
bodies
buried beneath
landmarks
like subplots
of conglomerates
helping minds stay sharp
top to bottom...

“ Folded Rims “ ...

” Folded Rims “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Folded rims
rare
pitchers

having been
fashioned,
“off-hand”

windings
of
glass

crimped-
under
handles

blobs of glass
showing
individuality

as arched
decanters
in amber

chestnut-
shaped
flasks

housed
in
camphor

super-
imposed
lily pads

late-
blown
hats...

“ Taking “ ...

” Taking “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking to the streets
dogging markets
in large part
by advocacy policies

achieving addition
by subtraction
as go-to talents
of stone and glass
colossal
blue-printed plans

gawking at people jammed
into bits of laughter
like red swimming stars
of “You’re a Grand Old Flag”

sinking shortly after launch
with interterminal transports
causing embarrassing losses
called, “prosecutors” for short

during deft performances
being prevented from saying, “Yes”
left unreferenced getting
much tougher to comprehend

yet still sensed as, “inevitable”
while magestically angled shells
shoot off during, “God Bless America”...

“ Muttering “ ...

” Muttering “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Muttering
churning
crumbling
incredulous
lovers pair by pair
mystic fellow craft
wondrous tales
meteors flare
steering the daring
noble and rare
memories of failure -
“ au contraire “ ...

“ Never “ ...

” Never “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Never too old to fall
for one another
elementally tender
best and worst selves

intelligence
merging
with affection
compressed
by anger
and resentment
into unsettling
intensity

lacking in heft
mysterious terrors
feverish threats
weaning ourselves
from antidepressants
feeling fragmented

rejecting glamour
and double-standard
romances daringly
careful pale
mournfulness
cautious handling
commanding
starry-eyed casts...

“ Curbs “ ...

“Curbs”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Curbs may hurt
journalists
in the first skirmish
with alternatives
and differences
of opinion
via inconsistencies
and jagged shifts
left in limbo
choosing to switch
to rigid rituals
assuaging critics
in breakout films
albeit ugliness
and fragility...

“ Long Bragged “ ...

” Long Bragged “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Long bragged
always laughed
off questioning
testing aggression
promising better
pushing ahead
seeking the potentials
within one-billionth
of a second
blazing unsettling
attempting
to keep fries succulent
as staples of summer
like beer and crumpets
rethinkings
of your love of dumplings
pumped then plumped...

“ An Exit “ ...

” An Exit “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An exit that may echo
under pressure
summarizing dissent
post sugar-coated
entrenchment
having once been
clouded by prospects
then nudged by precedence
via hand-delivered short letters
as of yet still under investigation
by well-wishing doormen
seeing the potential
for fine-feathered friends
while attempting to sound, “savvy”
adopting “Blockchain” in a better place...

“Reversals” ...

” Reversals “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Reversals flashing
amber backing
off warily planning
for ride hailing

while flirting with fans
in the right hands
of small-batch mass
market patterns

eye-catching
protein-rich
and natural

filling water glasses
as an attractive action
paved with platitudes
of explaining what happens

garnering indomitable sadness
begging parents to play adaptations
of Peter Pan with exactness and panache...

“ A Connected Life “ ...

” A Connected Life “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A connected life
sometimes migratory
relief provided
by finger-sized science
mimicking a home
environment
while delivering
carbon dioxide
and hand feeding

along deep sea
journeys
of yielding
biodiversity
yet still babbling
throughout cities
as full-blown
discoveries

via rerouting
and tapping
massive demands
of lifted veils
like sister brands
for rightmost jazz..

“ Getting Caught “ ...

“ Getting Caught “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Getting caught
in the crossfire
steering off
the high road
over a hardline
with a little
less of a slog
while watching
intently for odysseys
as written on postcards
documents as memoirs
causing controversy
via nonlinear theories
by shooting scenes
yet still demanding dignity
particularly ever since the beginning...

“ Once Weak “ ...

“ Once Weak”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Once weak
continuing
uncertainty

outrageous
samplings
waivers

retaliation
patterns
of migration

likely to change
forcing plans
to innovate

while
philharmonics
play

wrestling
with
gun debates

dizzy dancing
into
the hereafter

like real world
impacts
re-imagined

via social practices
like camaraderie
and sadness...

“ Self-Professed “ ...

“ Self-Professed “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Self-professed
translating success
avoiding entanglements
via globe reshaping
and eating cicadas over decades
while turning a phrase
meant as a diaphanous charade
in a dim doorway
metaphorically recalled
as a chicken to an egg
pecking down a gloomy stairway
flames flickering faintly
turning into shafts of a rainbow
appearing during an unanticipated soirée
no souls were harmed anyway...

“ Battling Back “ ...

“ Battling Back “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Battling back
by snapping the towel
at no deals on bare-
boned skeletal health care

exhibiting tectonic shifts
of futility expressing “pique”
for boilerplate agreements

pleading, “Marriage isn’t everything”
as seen behind the wheel
driving illegally for bubble-gum pink
cellphone companies

while “Third-Parties” are being held
indefinitely in makeshift shelters
perpetually dreaming of fleeing
in sleek yet deeply revealing
Trans Am machines...

“ Taking a Knee “ ...

“ Taking a Knee “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking a knee
taking a stand
walking
like a male
strutting
like a female

telephoning the mayor
hawking mops and pails
perusing daily papers

as a handy man
tipping his hat
bearing scars
front and back

to be congratulated
for better pain management
being left in fragments...

“ Finding My Accent “ ...

” Finding My Accent “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Finding my accent
in a time of butterflies
fluttering in my stomach

having once been nymphs
just prior to metamorphoses
as spiky caterpillars
mirrored in a chrysalis

seen during downward
spiraling crises held by
delicate threads attached
to bare-thin twigs

buffeted violently
by high winds
triangulating
via sine cosine
and tangent...