“ Smacked “ ...

” Smacked “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Smacked around
lip-smacking “good”
strained toothy grins
percussive jaw clicks

hard-won knock-knocks
lunkheaded movie lather
manning mixing boards
for rappers honoring
individuality marking
calendars monitoring
clock tick-tocking

no-nonsense responses to squalor
paying close attention to drama
as squandered promises and heart-
broken hardships within marginal
limits of politics understandably
“ in shock “ post botched special-ops
whizzing shots gone off-target

while critter-like critics find vision
in hand-rung non-fiction quizzing,
“ Can You Top This? “ favoring
tumultuous futuristical views
as seen through the vitreous humor
of anthropomorphic figures

loosely produced moody
phantasmagorical gloom dutibly
coming into effusive bloom...

“ Endless “ ...

“ Endless “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Endless chatter,
“ The world is
as flat as a punching bag’s
subject of wrath - no matter “

like irrational
shards of glas
thwacked
collapsed
title characters

like eye-catching
country gals facing the camera
with dirty dishes stacked
while protagonists read,
“ How to Shoot Rabbits “

played down
by echelons
of the powerful
in hardscrabbled
non-scholarly
accounts

contradictorily deemed,
“ breezy brutality “
replete with buckling
fingers, “ gone a waggin’ “...

" Not Always "...

" Not Always "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not always charming
while choosing
to seek solace
in abandoned armories
for snapshot savants

in special ops
for models donning
night-vision goggles

like movie stars
waltzing atop
red carpets
in the dark
in order
to celebrate chaos

yet remaining
true to heart
as shaky
but honest
aging rockers

regenerating
rafters'-raising
harmonies...

" Miniaturists "...

" Miniaturists "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Miniaturists
fittings switches
at-rest conditions

recessed hinges
easily cut with snips
in varieties of finishes
for do-it-yourselfer
storm windows

with weather-
stripping built
into locking
mechanisms

boring bits
buying tips
custom-fitted
speedy rivets

tenaciously gripping
ceiling fixtures
couplings nipples

returning
to the rings
of riot scenes
both lean
and lethal--
or so it seems

while neatly
delivering
the first volley
of gently mocking
states of sub-
consciousness

snaking
all around
the block
gloriously
loud and large

falling apart
melancholically
cocky narrative arcs

heavily armed
spit-shine genres
still in progress...

" Tips "...

" Tips "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tips
in scene cities
predominantly
outreaching
while revisiting
last week's
style streets
of pleated
asymmetries
worn to wineries
plunging necklines
in the public eyes
as coutiers arrive
at curbsides
of the by-and-by
donning slides...

An Eye"...

" An Eye "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An eye
to community
strengthening bodies
honoring history
while cycling
through spiriting feelings

covered in
boutique graffiti
no brushes to clean
no crumblings

moving gingerly
slowly pivoting
beneath tinned awnings

rarely staying long
upon adopting
autumnal ports of call
busy falls breaking points...

" Variations "...

" Variations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Variations
seasonal
wind speeds

forest regions
hemispheres
effects of seas

rain-bearing
cold air
low lands

dense stands
frosty blasts
quaking aspens

bare branched
pollen on anthers
perfumed and pale


buffettted males
taking gambles
volatile organic
floating on air...