“ 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...