" 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...