“ Waiting “ ...

” Waiting “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Waiting
becoming
warmer
aimed
at
the strongest
“ to dos “
for so long
showers
thunderstorms
upon taking office
minus uniforms
staging storied talks
coming roaring
back
as “Fantasyland
Wonderlands”
set against ash
over past scandals
having become standard
like partying fans...

“ Weighted Heavily “ ...

“ Weighted Heavily “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Weighted
heavily
commercially
relevant
as a systematic
consensus
in the hands
of unsympathetic
tacticians

crisscrossing
through blizzards
commandeering
hard winters
made worse
by the lack
of interest
to something
dissimilar

thought
to be invisible
like unannounced
visitors
hawking quicksilver
in the mist
of a kittenish statistician

measuring
mirror images
pausing to listen
mischievously
to rousing feelings
lingering in ink
on slender little fingers...

“ Headlong Courage “ ...

” Headlong Courage “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Headlong
courage
black-eyed
fierce-browed
turned ‘round

angling back
finishing scratching
tails faintly wagging

tufted strands of hair
sidelong glances
gnashing teeth

watching intently
piercing yelps
outstretched heads
from the outset

having lost the edge
gesturing misdirection
spikily intense
muscles swelling
standing at attention...

“ Going to Ask “ ...

“ Going to Ask “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going to ask
entering
the passage
while writing
rapidly
and calling,
“Not so fast!”
in order to sort
mortifying thoughts
lips kept moist
sitting cross-
legged on the floor
absorbed in thought
by reinforcements
“What’s in store?”
caught off balance
by flexed set paws
hooking and hauling
recorded stories
counterintuitively taught
pathos daunting
defying formulas end of story...

“ Hidden Knowledge “ ...

” Hidden Knowledge “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hidden knowledge woven parts
sparring
aggressively marketing OxyContin

previously undisclosed documents
of a Big Pharma
fuming populists sinking outside the box

like new lines of lab-created diamonds
mimicking gaslights
just prior to sunrise coming under fire

as a sharp slider by oil giants
in momentous times
becoming more ubiquitous than Nikes
while running on lifelines...

“ A Chin-First Demeanor “ ...

” A Chin-First Demeanor “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A chin-first demeanor
with limited visibility
pulling hatchets
out of rucksacks
called, “golden hands”
simply dismissed as folktales

becoming physically
and psychically
demanding trail
breaking scavenging
behavior while foraging
for strong moral support
as “ought or not ought”

reaching for understandings
unmistakably commanded
well in advance of avant-garde
bonds as odd conglomerates
marked by hard-bop and pop-rock...

“ Salvaging Talks “ ...

” Salvaging Talks “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Salvaging talks
embracing
conciliatory cores
warding off
unfathomable losses
gorily handed off
after falling far too short

asking for more
tagged,
“sing-songy”
lacking in glory
becoming,
“Pop-Cultured Lore”

bound up
by flaws
as probably,
“The Point”
for metaphors
of war,
“Goodness
how you
have altered!”

the receptions
the dinners
the balls
all commanding
loyalty
in a muffled
throaty voice...

“ Almost Exactly “ ...

” Almost Exactly “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Almost exactly
moved by mountains
tracking trapping
behavior habitats
in spite of the facts

recasted among the latter
paper or canvas bags
slab-sided grassy
obligatory catastrophes

as luminous snow caps
versus belching stacks
somewhere like veiled
gulags on a human scale

strangers passing
with slaps on the back,
“Let’s leave it like that!”...

“ Another Eerie “ ...

” Another Eerie “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Another eerie
rage unleashed
by a Wookiee
on the big screen
seen as seemingly
pseudo-Wikipedia
having been created
by volunteers for free
over morning coffee
and pots of Forget-Me-Nots...

“ Fascinated by Aging “ ...

” Fascinated by Aging “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fascinated by aging
ferrying
off the coast of Maine
conducting
studies of the everyday
while arguing court papers

unauthorized unadulterated
tucked away via shadowy strengths
behind rage-based betrayals
seen as staples of language
for deranged caretakers
with grim takes on manipulation

disguised as “amiable”
watertight sci-fi highlights
compartmentalized online
growing isolated
like non-compliant pirates
meant to save lives
by turning the tides
on lifetime tyrants...

“ Overloading “ ...

” Overloading “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Overloading
marking openings
via rock ‘n’ roll

being played full force
all summer long
high versus low form
secondhand stories

porousky achieved
via isolated bodies
slicked and parted
Creamsicle orange
cushion cropped
ornery foreheads

for carrot-topped
comedians
like attention-grabbing
text-based art
bursting with staccato
along lush copses
of conspicuous
roof-topped commons

getting swamped
by jaw-dropping
“Yadda yadda yadda
blah blah blahs”
of self-taught artists
donning chain-gang garb...

“Luring”...

” Luring “

by
Suzán
Jiván
Mom
&
Mom-
Mom
Suzán

Luring
rallying
offering
easily
tracked
freebies
for booby
traps as
significant
actions
opting
to take
matters
in hand
like kick-
backs
seen as
scrambled
subsidies
deemed
“Visionary
Thinking”
wiped clean
of wild creatures
by briefings
while full
throttling
medals
of honor
for self-
driving
vehicles
artificially
offering
apologies
of horror
for wiley
dark comedies
having been
cut off
by boisterous
guffawing
cackling
all along...