“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...