“ 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...