" 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...