“ 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...