“ Until “ ...

“ Until “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Until very recently
unexpectedly bequeathed
recognized instantly
as the quintessence
of vision and method
mirrors reflecting
brilliant sketches
of our radiant inner selves
minus evil intervention
standing erectly at the apex
hands folded rings showing
golden halos glowing
holy robes flowing...

“ Noble “...

” Noble “

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Noble
affinities 
conveying
sensitivity 
outsized gifts
privileged
“thanks”
and “giving”

yet still
needing
weeding
while
ensuring
outreach

last
but not
least 

barnstorming
menageries
from beetles
to mummies 

“It’s big, really big!”
like occupied galleries 
as “happenings”

sparking ingenuity 
via items of the extreme 
like flip flops on the beach
highlighting mainstreams

as printed on graphic tees
having fallen in love with cities
gone stomping in clogs
sweeping concrete streets...

“ Developing “...

” Developing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Developing delicate modeling
chromatic sensibility over ancient periods
via pious imagery reflecting ideals
feeling transitory affinities for placing eagles
adjacent to razed buildings

as sorrowful figures gather
in fields of chaff after thrashing
beleaguered by misery
beneath harsh scrutiny

mythical refugees
actively witnessing grief
as weightlessness
spiritually portrayed
on glazed sheets of paper...

" Over Long Distances "...

" Over Long Distances "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Over long distances
roughhousing children
peering out of train windows
still being raised as optimists
with clumsy shifting positions
seen with little significance

hidden puppeteers picturesque exteriors
witnessing the underprivileged
in distorted funhouse mirrors
reflecting unfinished family business
marshaled by carnival committees
deemed circuitously funny
while doing standup then suddenly
shouting, "Down in Front!"
abruptly losing touch crying, "Time's Up!"

streaking tears squirming pitch-perfect shrieking
geeky justice colleagues calling for a lot
of crane and dolly shots solving
thorny personal problems via odor-shield products
while playing air guitars with smokey monsters
of intermingling mythologies

not missing a beat hearing reverse signal beeps
beneath glass ceilings meeting with duputies
conditioned to agree with almost anything
via re-gifting within coming weeks being
booted out of high-level meetings seeking
hostages' freedoms sizing up big screens
during deadly years plinking grand pianos
squeezing keyless concertinas lending airs
of respectability to theme parks and theaters

battling for supremacy
re-defining eras
drumming up deals
ratcheting up public proxies
leveraging stocks
with eyes towards profits
for our rocky counterparts
singing obscure bella conto arias
in little-known operas
based on non-scholarly topics
well above an activist's moniker
maintaining twisted plots
traced on headstone markers...

" For the Children "...

" For the Children "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

For the children
coinciding beginnings
simplifying speech
memorizing material:
" all gone shoe
all gone vitamins
all gone lettuce "
all on behalf
of grammatical reality:
" mommy daddy
here there bye bye
hi night-night "
striking innumerable times
as scrabbled manuscripts
being neatly typescripted
like guiding principles
more-or-less fixed
only the words differ...

" Over "..,

" Over "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Over wreckages of lament
crumpled together
no fuel no electric
arrestingly sending
dejected and decrepit
messages to our heads
as relative losses have left
us feeling unsettled yet
still attesting to attempt
untethered ventures
spearheaded by renewable energy
messy and admittedly eccentric
all in the wake of "Intrepidness"
as adrenalous sympathetic cells spread
over multitudinous recovering selves...

" Startlingly Bizarre "...

" Startlingly Bizarre "

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Startlingly bizarre
chronicles
of anthropology
unrecognizably
complex societies
as study guides

offering insights
being amplified
by highly qualified
scriptwriters' life
styles via mankinds'
acquired likes and dislikes  

accepted by tribes'
dialectical biases
yet expressing
infinite meaning

by all manner and means
exploring links
to child-rearing techniques
stepping across boundaries

assessing the elderly
reluctantly deciding
to discontinue treatment
in dying environs

still striving to survive
via former ways of life
citing competing viabilities
while cultivating wet rice
for societies on the rise
as a self-described
leveling device...