Before the Fall

" Before the Fall "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Before the fall
images of war
lingering
around the city
never much
for subtlety
or diminished risk
before distilling
potency with parody.

Seeking Powers

" Seeking Powers "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Seeking powers
sticking around
overlapping
realities
lacking
in spontaneity
amid tornadoes
of brushstrokes
piled curls
and radial eyes.

Looking for a Way

" Looking for a Way "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Looking for a way
each and every day
to swashbuckle
with Benday dots
in order to sharpen
our senses
to the potential
of viscerally-imprinted
odd depictions.

Once a Doormat

" Once a Doormat "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Once a doormat
finely unraveling
as time travel
on the tracks
of the vernacular
as an example
of the darned well
ardently following
histrionical dots.

In A Highly

" In a Highly "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In a highly unusual citing
of contradictory advice
one of The Worlds' Worst
trajedies occurred
while moving
along an entirely
uncriticized hard line.

Among the First

" Among the First "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Among the first
running proposals
to elect or reject
political foes
emboldened
by cloaked
tax codes
while
wrangling
over
watchdog
disclosures
both oddly
parochial
and beyond
reproach.

I Just Can't Stay

" I Just Can't Stay "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus
Dubowski

I just can't stay
I'll jinx everything
by unleashing
my indecisive side
and touching off
calls for protocols
of inviolable rings
within cliqueless
coteries...

At the Forefront

" At the Forefront "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus
Dubowski

At the
forefront
in talks
aides say,
" We have
other means
of speaking
clearly
by slapping
huge tariffs
in order
to head off
any reaction
to international
revalue."

Over the Top

" Over the Top "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Over the top
casting marks
farther and farther
larger and larger
as public and private
changes in taste
become one
in the same.

Soldiering On

" Soldiering On "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Soldiering on
donning
camouflage
and side arms
while marching
in neutral
combat boots
as unschoolable
units of troops move
into an induced
numinous universe.

Into Bona Fide Storytelling Stride

" Into Bona Fide Storytelling Time "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Into bona fide
storytelling stride
engrossing
over time
by acknowledging
the mumblings
of memories
fresh enough
to summon up
struggling
and stumbling
into the clearcut.

A Marathon Word for Word

" A Marathon Word for Word "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A marathon
word for word
brandished
as a pamphlet
for the candidly
drug-addled
and wood-
paneled
theatrical.

Published Under

" Published Under "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Published under
while running
throughout
"The Lavish"
with little restriction
as if witnessing
a brilliant silent film.

Going Upscale Uptown

" Going Upscale Uptown "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Going upscale uptown
along with a polyglot
of open laptops
evolving
into tipsy trends
spotted
tap-tapping
into a past
shared homeland
with a baleful
kerplunk and kerpow.

The Standoff

" The Standoff "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus
Dubowski

The standoff
snowballed
as tensions
boiled over
most notably
as a showdown
of anonymity
re-empowered
by not wanting
to do anything
without question
with a sleeper hit
smack in the middle.

Portrayed in Escapades of Gold Lamé

" Portrayed
in Escapades
of Gold Lamé "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus
Dubowski

Portrayed
in escapades
of gold lamé
elaborately
demonstrated
by the everyday
as falsettos
with overtones
of "Oh! Oh!"

Seeking New Openings

" Seeking New Openings "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Seeking new openings
with rethinkings
of " Not Reallies "
after summoning
the ramblings
of disaster strategists
from scrambled
tent camps.

Call It

" Call It "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Call it, " Siblings Swimming ",
summing up the plausibility
of imagined history
both visually and narratively
by falling short
off the diving board
back and forth.

On the Eve

" On the Eve "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

On the eve
under the real
constricting
glimpses
of the obligatory
both on
screen and off
becoming
modeled-on
stumbled-upon
spot-on confidence.

Happy to Be

" Happy to Be "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Happy to be
a splendid
athlete
on every
team
as graybeards
pass me
beating me
quirkily
inextricably
linked.

More Earthbound

" More Earthbound "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

More earthbound
all the more
glamorous
in vintage
peasant silk
with a black-
brimmed
dress up
aesthetic
announcing
itself
while dancing
in sand
with a gold clasp.

Compounded Denial

" Compounded Denial "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A showdown
once wary
singled out
foul-smelling
tests of potential
suspensions
with wealthier
measures
without
dimension
still living
in unsightly sites
of compounded denial.

Encrypted Jitters

" Encrypted Jitters "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Capturing
an atomic
shock
chronicled
with explosive
waves of de-
classification
in combination
with obliteration
vaporization
and radioactive
redaction
of encrypted jitters.

Might as Well

" Might as Well "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Might as well
try to rise
into hyper like-
mindedness
at least part
of the time
as undeniably
volatile
and bona fide
reprisals
from all sides.

Cherished and Maligned

" Cherished and Maligned "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Cherished and maligned
amid blight and scavenging
left for dead as a cherished shell
of unrealized self-pride
maligned by societal bias.

Emphatic Exactness

" Emphatic Exactness "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Cyberquick reminiscences
of venomous animus
as implacable as
unerring refashionings
of emphatic exactness.

With Flux and Fervor

" With Flux and Fervor "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

With flux and fervor
filled with patina's vividity
as if every bit of each and every
stylized pintsized deity
were balancing on a great age
built later with ancestrally-
created seperate strains.

Invoking Heroes

" Invoking Heroes "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Invoking heroes
with the timbres
and rhythms
of hulking figures
rambling
along the coursings
of crashing strands.

High Impact

" High Impact "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

High impact
in a cavernous
overhead
like an unfinished
marionette
with gnarly arms
and dangling legs
gleaned
from magisterial museums
and magnanimous gallaries
sparingly grasped.

Subterranean

" Subterranean "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

As a Parting Homage
to Ishamarr Saint Swain

Subterranean infernos
and crystalline caves
tackling saints
with the magical
abstraction
of a carnival attraction
including dancing
with the masked
physicality
of a black male.

The General Idea

" The General Idea "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The general idea
repurposed
and hand-
cranked
generating
backtracking
and emphatically
charismatic self-
embattlement
right about now.

Drawn Primarily

" Drawn Primarily "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Drawn primarily
haphazardly while trying
to devise straight lines
for an Isosceles Triangle
with it's two equal sides
tentatively realigned.

Releasing

" Releasing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Releasing
the near
and dear
with an
awkwardness
akin to
a totemic
regretfulness
yet
with an exquisite
deliberateness
mounted
by an exacting
counterbalance.

Revisiting

" Revisiting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Revisiting struggling
with only one demise
while reigning outside
of the unromanticized
by leading a limited life
as typified by spirals
of unwinding flypaper.

No Matter How

" No
Matter
How "

by
Suzán
Jiván

for
Stanislaus
Dubowski

No
matter
how
under-
ground
and
doubt-
lessly
upside-
down
I'm
bound
for em-
power-
ment
as post-
funk fact
trumps un-
solicited
fiction...

Deep Dirges

" Deep Dirges "

by Suzán Jiván

for George Washington
and his army...

Deep dirges
with unrelenting
rifts fitfully driven
by horrific predicaments
and wrenchingly-deceptive
somber premises...

The Modern Renaissance

" The Modern Renaissance "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The Modern
Renaissance
rolls on
with electro-
minded and
mesmerizing
epic heft
as well
as inventive
introspection
while
echoing
classical
poetical
impressions
in frenetic
falsetto...

Sonic Embodiments

" Sonic Embodiments "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Between
the tolls
downloads
of ringtones
insofar as sonic
embodiments
of gnarly slang
gone boxing
along with flotsam.

Escaping Spangly Straightjackets

" Escaping Spangly Straightjackets "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Along the Boardwalk
slick-backed hair
pencil-thin mustaches
and glistening wax
as Summers' Last Acts
after escaping
from spangly
straightjackets.

A Euphoric Joystick

" A Euphoric Joystick "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Plunging into peace
while beeping with fear
of vulnerability
but ultimately
achieving equilibrium
by freely wielding
a euphoric joystick.

As an Assemblage

" As an Assemblage "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

As an assemblage
on a pedestal
like totemic marionettes
cobbled together
with generic jetsam
and pastiched dimensions
gleaned from texts.

An Arc of Loss

" An Arc of Loss "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

An arc of loss
as a mythical aura
roughly formed
unparalleled
and high-powered
as sounding
bells overhead.

Addressing Collisions

" Addressing Collisions "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Addressing collisions
with sufficient links
and motifs by appearing
particularly bubbly
while streaming
glittering confetti
with wide-eyed delight.

Fantastique

" Fantastique "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Of contemporary descent
dealt directly along with images
of divinities and mood swings
packed with the fantastique.

Unfailingly Suave

" Unfailingly Suave "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Unfailingly suave
utterly blissful
with fresh evidence
of some touch up
while undergoing
a makeover
of the everyday.

It's Time to End

" It's Time to End "

by Suzán Jiván

for Nancy and Her Mom

It's time to end feted evidence
of the bereft with the intensity
of a transcendent energy
being pearled into a spinning World...

Acknowledging Glittering

" Acknowledging Glittering "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Acknowledging glittering
with cockney ability
exemplified by dialectical
notoriety while being spirited
away by a plucky twang.

Still Holding Her Own

" Still Holding Her Own "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Still holding her own
on a creative roll
like an awards show
as one critic hopes
while claiming
too much praise
during earlier days
of disarray
by angling
for a table
in off-
putting
places.

In a Moment

" In a Moment "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In a moment
all knowing
not only
round
cornered
but oblong
Joy
fully grasped
from the expansive
scatterings
of flecks and specks
of concentric Heavens...