" After-Parties "...

" After-Parties "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

After-parties
stone-washed
jeans staying
dry with a wink

coming in handy
raining sideways
right around midnight

while bobbing in choppy seas
and wiping down screens
during shindigs for paparazzi

surveying the scene
via phalanxes
of serpentine security
upon taking maternity leave

burping babies on balconies
overseeing Main Street
cooing and squealing

generating links
avoiding sweeps
seeking a good-night's sleep

while rock rock rocking
swaddled start-ups
by top-model moms...