"Lit From Within"...

" Lit From Within "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lit
from within
dropping
seed pods
from gnarly trees

like tips of spongy
tongues peeking
from yellowing teeth

as seen in a series
of empirical complexities
being bathed by an eerie
orbital shimmering

both bulbous and beady
while laddering near
fusions of the weird

as shape-shifting rungs
still climbing up
paint encrusted
fully functional
biggest discoveries

tightly gripped
strong tactility
succinct ambiguity
burrowing deeply
emergent seed leaves...

" Engaging and Mystifying "...

" Engaging and Mystifying "...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Engaging and mystifying
may or may not
have existed

compressed feelings
magicians and musicians
tapping hats and sticks

"Abracadabra"
" A one
and a two
and a"
"Please
and Thank You"

taxidermied animals
broken glass
military regalia

"Chutes and Ladders"
in "Candyland"
masterpiecing inner peace

bearing children
stiff upper lips
"Pip-Pip--Cheerio"...

"Exploring Back Stories"...

" Exploring Back Stories "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Exploring back stories
facing sharp drop offs
of the unfortunate

just shuffling along
past the fallen
post "shock-n-awe"

seemingly walking
on saffron water
with no admission cost

dubiously gone under-reported
as standards of lost joy
for double-talkers and deer-stalkers

like means of disorder
and implausible cores
sour sad predatory

excoriating "rightness"and "wrongness"
garnering improvisatorily
nonlinear losses...

" Taking the Reins "...

" Taking the Reins "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Taking the reins
setting yellow-
jacket traps
in blueberry patches
"Vive la France!"

dysfunctional branches
being disbanded
captured in orane and black
rather than Union Jacks

raising white flags
across the Atlantic
staging fire sales
feeling wary

"Tag! You're It!"
"Kicking the Can"
in back-to-back
sturm-und-drangs...

" Seperate But Equal "...

" Seperate But Equal "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Seperate but equal
"no ifs ands or buts"
as dysfunctional
governments

"buy" the people
by bills of rights
for the upright and uptight

while "sitting-in" all night
hoping to right birthrights
"red light green light
one two three"
"mother may I?"

erasing shields from eras
in knee breaches
and powdered wigs

upon agreeing to hearings
calling, "once twice three SHOOT!"
seperate but equal...

" Clockwise From Top Left "...

" Clockwise From Top Left "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Clockwise
from the top left
of the largest ever
yet tiny enough
to fit on a pair
of eyeglasses

being seen
worldwide
at twilight
with "the moon
hitting your eye
like a big pizza pie"

by branding
"The Smiley"
as pepperoni slices
typifying spicey attire
for insiders and outliers
while cowering inside

with much repeated story lines
"Scram! In Fast Time!"
"That's MY Psyche!"
"Love At First Sight!"
as many different kinds
of ephemeral lights
being expressed online

like candy-
striped icons
slyly spiraling
sideways
while silently
coming of age
via miming...

" Sensing Sorrow "...

" Sensing Sorrow "

by Suzán Jivàn
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sensing sorrow
lurching to a stop
"What's going on?!"

awash in pink flotsam
from giant colonies
of tiny creatures

rioting species
binding reefs
mass bleaching
rethinking

all too frequently
being ravaged
by unsolved mysteries
for smoother coffee
freeze the beans

packed air tight
just prior to grinding
like fossilized meteorites
having celestially collided
into grain sizes...

" Not For Featherweights "...

" Not For Featherweights "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not for featherweights
opening Friday
as eras of anxiety

on the downside
while getting the lowdown
becoming choked up when found

like keyboard blasts
singing when you can't
by contrast after the first act

enchanting casts
against prejudices
of the past

clad in green sashes
break dancing
vis-á-vis Saturn

one eye patched
ringing
orbital reactions...

" Staring at the Ceiling "...

" Staring at the Ceiling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Staring at the ceiling
slightly ham-fisted
in the form of a diptych
rhythms of thick and thin
illusory hard and easy

stacked prescription pills
with child-proof lids
as medicinal monuments
to faceless bodies
of interwar art

like shaggy dog stories
highlighting cores
of discord and disorder
no longer coming to the point
reconnoitering out-of-doors...

"Slammed by Nightmares"...

" Slammed by Nightmares "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Slammed by nightmares
fathers manufacturing mannequins
mothers sewing split seams
while reading from fashion dailies

being spotted early feeling
in the mood for publicity
via institutes of technology

by dressing human beings
resting firmly on bodies
of documentaries
while still in college

planning to spread Dada
with occasional sidebars
for perching artists

like bumper crops
for wanderers
just prior to departure

ardently well-stocked
with backup
pickup truck parts

as spare as tell-tell details
like defuse fusions
of thorny thistles
with clip clothes pins...

" Flapping Flags "...

" Flapping Flags "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Flapping flags
harrowing details
funerals at last

memos drafts
as stand-off airs
of cautionary tales

lacking in originality
featuring feathers
foam and sand

while spilling
the "Woo-Woo-
Woo Ahh Oos"

flashing back
to national anthems
and sea shanties

past peaks of jubilant clamor
vividly acted intensely danced
infatuated fans short-lived passion...

" Rapt Eyes "...

" Rapt Eyes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rapt eyes
taken by surprise
mesmerizingly
foggy-foggy nights
de-classified
yet redacted
by yowza in black

ingeniously
nerve-racking
prevailing
like form-as-fact
being re-imagined
with cosseted
foreshadowing

gnashing hens dancing
kisses planted on hands
rapturous miraculous
heart-catching command

tireless passion
fervor and wailing
taken for granted

daunting programs
stark contrasts
raspy panoplies
percussive
vulnerability...

"Two-Stepping"...

" Two-Stepping "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Two-stepping
gender-bending unisex

organized events
seeking discretion

invitations sent
honored guests in attendance

urgency-propelled
best-selling dark-sided successes

for newlyweds
aisle-destined in backpack weather

insects as objects
from markets oldest most opulent

rooted in memories
catching attention very strong smells

years spent
new love loss death...