Puttering in a Haze

" Puttering in a Haze "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Often to a Fault "

Often to a fault
in a potential windfall
as a quirk in the tax law
with drawbacks
of exasperation
while puttering in a haze
of fading constraints
and into the ostentatious
returning of favors like lingerie
that goes without saying
as a starting place
greatly outnumbering paintings
in a constant deluge of polarizing faces
Legendarily intense
terrifyingly oversized
with indecipherable movie rights
no longer ungodly
in a silly costume
as an option
while leaping off the pages
of self-identification
as a former curator
after battling a plague
with a blurb as an explanation
of conflict or shame centuries later
Collapsing time and space
as a cross-legged fall from grace
with intoxicating scarification
and bristling ostentation
as an outcrop of conglomerates
besotted by bygone
brachiopods as fossils...

Liable to Be Look-Alikes

" Liable to Be Look-Alikes "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Pandemic Potential "

Pandemic potential
as tested in ferrets
with major consequences
like lethal weapons
with up to 50% of infection
ending in influenza death
like bio-terror
with or without intent
in controlled experiments
along a long-lost stretch
knitted together
reconnected again and again
self-propelled by conflicting agendas
viral in essence as a deft epidemic
Requiring thousands of hours
of the justly proud
in heritage councils
for the rare inhabitants
of branded skippers
on a larval host plant
neither too wet
nor too dry
within the confines
of small vials
in avoidance
of parasites
as opposed
to butterflies
nearing full size
under natural light
From the primary
blowpipe
oxidizing
and appearing
to rise
from argentine
difficult
to recognize
on platinum wire
near the beginning
of mining
while testing for silver
then applying as serpentine
and liable to be look-alikes...

In a Topsy-Turvy Greenhouse

" In a Topsy-Turvy Greenhouse "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Showy Cosmos:
Based Mostly on Sexual
Attraction "

Based mostly
on sexual attraction
timed to coincide
with incandescent lights
to the visibly recognized
profiles on one side
becoming more lifelike
with eyes fixed to the right
in formed alliances
with dynasties
as if by surprise
coveted by hundreds
cultivated by cults
with a cocky chuckle
and a coo and a cluck
rendered by others
as wellsprings of impulse
Like straphangers in enamel
drawing overwhelming crowds
giving succinct accounts
of what went down
while pointing out
and coalescing around
the here-and-now
with know-how for now
as a gadabout
In a topsy-turvy greenhouse
lined with tiny teeth
and an untrained eye
for nearly exact copies
involving industrial espionage
carving paw feet out of troughs
with eagles for support
fairly sleepy over the years
surpassing six figures
as extravagantly avid
dashed off acumens
of abandon
synchronized out of sight
yellow-green over strokes
of ochre...

Where Subcultures Thrive

" Where Subcultures Thrive "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Truly Comes to Life "

Truly comes to life
in the only place of its kind
where subcultures thrive
within cozy confines
of electronic devices
like overhead lights
beaming down
on black gowns
over white chemise
in a dreamy life.
Brokering a release
by forcing a dummy
to overruff with a diamond king
rendering candle sticks obsolete
toggling between flinty and fiery
contiguously like an infirmity
broodingly scholarly
bawling all the more
long delayed
and totally exhausting
while under assault
but maintaining decorum
with an air of fading grandeur
by hammering phrases
in echo and delay...

Luminous Love Unretouched

" Luminous Love Unretouched "

by Suzán Jiván

Double lush
luminous love
unretouched
sugar honey
perfect pucker
rosebud luster
hubba hubba
from down under
preferable
to others
as various
bushy shrubs
numerous
clusters
of pale pulp
moxie-plum
Bare-knuckled
fisticuffs
addictive scrum
uncertain tumult
Finely cut redbud
ground nut
fleshy berry
arrowhead...

Aerial Straps Sweet and Sassy

" Aerial Straps Sweet and Sassy "

by Suzán Jiván

At its highest pitch
since glowing skin
and fashion hits
with amazing richness
where beauty wins
by sharing pro tips
of exquisiteness
that can't miss
like a lash blast
fully amped
with glamour
tooth and nail
Unfolding
while tasting
vaguely nutlike
with large
showy spikes
of edible rind
grown wild
Hands on markers
stroking harder
while flapping backwards
and defeating gravity
commandingly
with few guardrails
smack in the middle
of scattered artifacts
under glass
as aerial straps
sweet and sassy
mastering the outlandish
with the will-o-the-wisp...

Ambitiously Staged as Aging

" Ambitiously Staged as Aging "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Well-Heeled "

Well heeled as site-specific
and always riveting
with an acid tongue and droll delivery
full of jokey but largely charm-free
preconceived theater
like featured premieres
of follies in underlying
high-minded muddles
in the middle of nothing
but the monotony
of feckless freckles
recklessly accessed
as imperfections
instead of adolescent
innocence
Slyly reinvented
increasingly smothering
and deliberately belittling
becoming bewildering
as fragments of ideas
Directly in the sweet
spot of an
odyssey
as an emerging
body
inadvertently exposed
to free uploads
acquiring their own
potency
with blistering
notes
in long-running
shows
as a clown
known
all over the
globe
like an irreversible
coma
In empathy with untested
enemies
with only a tenuous
connection
while settling for the unmentionable
tragic
mashup with a rotating cast
Ambitiously staged as aging
giving free reign
to appalling fascination
and poetic observation
like naysayers
in semi-stages
of the pseudo-sacred
waxing and waning
in gangsta strains...

Tellingly Cherish-Able

" Tellingly Cherish-Able "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " A Fearlessly Original Eye "

A fearlessly original eye
unprepared for the honeyed
hostility and acidic pleasantries
of an old sweetheart
like a brand-new motto
long since forgotten
loudly and clearly
in a steady stream
of placid freedom
beautifully acted
and carefully adapted
to changing realities
as a subconscious stream
From pitiable to downright admirable
bidding farewell to tiny white lies
as unlikely reminders
for the population at large
Amid the big
willingness to live
within a strict
grid system
as hardly
limited
like a granitic
culprit
of the familiar
linked
between misery
and authenticity
when pushed
through a straw
square-jawed
during courtship
with soothing wooing
becoming brutish
with both dewiness
and ridicule
as amusement
Posturing
with an attitude
of sourness
with an edge of hysteria
and a steely sense of self
as tellingly cherish-able
when animated
with wise-cracking veracity
as completely pipsqueaky...

Devoted to Solo Poses

" Devoted to Solo Poses "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " If You Missed
the Grand Gala "

If you missed
the Grand Gala
while trying
to catch
the bare
necessities
whizzing
by at high
speed
past
master-
pieces
against
flickering
screens
with scenes
of catastrophes
in smoking ruins
of black bamboo
as a cartoonist
of the venal
and foolish
with the satiric
draftsmanship
of a non-
conformist
engendering
a kaleidoscopic
agenda of a skeptic
like a former director
of, " Let's Get it Together! "
In new digs going, " Pfffft! "
after waking up on sleepy streets
without rhyme or reason
in single makeshift seats
of regal shearling
devoted to solo poses
calibrated by hocus-pocus
as ways to escape
the fast-paced
by snaking
across baggage-
ladened stages...

With a Penchant for a Caress

" With a Penchant for a Caress "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " It Needs to Be Repeated "

It needs to be
repeated deliberately
on a hand-held scale
in an expanse
from decades past
loosely branched
with downy hairs
pairing
as aromatic
axils and bracts
overwintering
with purplish
lips tinged
with anise
in pine barrens
steeped in pine-
apple tea
sprinkled
with tansy
Spanning
dense mats
along
a central
crease
of
prominent
pink
as a re-
freshing
drink with
richly sweet
conical seeds
prickly, bristly
Seemingly endless
as sculptural splendor
with a penchant for a caress
subtly and indirectly
as strict intellect
mixed with blousy figures
difficult to grasp
like harrowing histories
handsomely cross-hatched
and profusely patterned
in an amorous tapestry
of fraying strands...

Sunset Tinted

" Sunset Tinted "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Best Suits Her Nature "

Best suits her nature
matching
faces with names
as part
of declarations
busily
and consistently
akin
to a polished
mirror
sunset tinted
at a high
pitch
Prevailing
as passive
slack-jawed
like paint
splatter
whetted
at random
trapped
where
spectacles
prevail
along
a
horizontal
arm
with stippled
patches
in yellow
and amber
in a canon
Lumpen
yet
opalescent
when
slouching
around
a sultry
sculpture
snared
by
a prankster
with a parodistical
grin
fixed in the 50's
First and last
like a rhinestoned
dumpster diver
with a thorny side
and lethal bite
exclusively at night
ebonylike
predicated
on the sublime
as a reminder
of carefree
scrapbooked
lives
With more
than one
way to wear
a bath towel
unchallenged
forever on tap
in a pastel
palette
stretched out
then
tightly wound
brash
and brassy
as bombastic
raised hands
notwithstanding
demonic clashes
and blaring fanfares...

A Butterfly Catch

" A Butterfly Catch "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Will Also Underscore "

Will also underscore
taking over
over
seeing
interactive access
to lavender lilacs
and notions of masculinity
both over-due and a bit
behind the time like a parade
of familiar names along the way
as an extrapolation
of the seemingly tame
and unstraight risqué
Tipped from today
toppling over
a big bank
crouching over
a dead opponent
drawing more crowds
with seeming immediacy
and authenticity long since
eclipsed by a strong supporter
in a small audience as the best of all
sometimes pointless
clotheshorse sewing wild oats
Marvelously flexible
and full of possibility
enough to make you dizzy
as a half-dressed odalisque
on the periphery
piled high with frippery
and festooned
in striped pantaloons
Plying the overlap
between the artificial
and the natural
with a butterfly catch
held tightly
scratched
and incised
while scarifyingly
fighting
for release in a white
cube with holes
in its ceiling
and a fingernails-
on-the-chalkboard
feeling ...

Like Scrolls of Poetry

" Like Scrolls of Poetry "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " With a Deadpan Smirk "

With a deadpan smirk
increasingly nerve-
rattling as sardonic gags
and antagonist shtick
as a study in bliss
while still a bit gimpy
and deliberately oblivious
lost in a blizzard after beginning
to fizzle with acidic witticisms
and head-spinning verbal artillery
Like scrolls of poetry
unrolling in rococo
willed into existence
as nimble and exquisite
as the funnily familiar
In high-rise buildings
corkscrewing confusedly
hailed as amusement
when ejecting viewers
for wearing birthday suits
still damp, stinging
and dazed, but grinning
after a wicked twist
with the privileged
devised as brilliant
when booked overnights
as bored, violated and cranky
like an emulation
of sensory deprivation
becoming susceptible to strains
of mayhem while in a meditative state
Meticulously painted as an indication
of gravitating to the strange and pagan
as famously deranged
becoming eerily quiet
after silently reading,
" Keep to the Right " ...

Renamed, "Untitled"

" Renamed, Untitled "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Into Decline "

Into decline
burdened by
growing needs
under staggering
shields yielding
to swelling ranks
of supposed saviors
thrown into danger
as a huge redo
in a frieze-like wound
of youth and beauty
In an appointment-
only space as a suite
of galleries for buzzing
honey bees being
packed up
in mobile structures
squeezed between
whirring wings
laced with curry
and emptied
of nectar
while taking place
in stages
of monographed
installations
made of stiffening
clay
shaped by haughty
curators
in order to forestall
change
While exhibiting
their favorites
in anticipation
of a reinstallation
within tents
and under umbrellas
that keep coming up
as entitlements
renamed, "Untitled"
coinciding
with the unsigned
nearly
three times the size
of unoccupied
and preoccupied
like legislators
on wavers
made to hallucinate
during a driving reign...

A Tender Duet with a Soft Melody

" A Tender Duet with a Soft Melody "

by Suzán Jivân

Performed on YouTube
as, " Could Be a Landmark "

Could be a landmark
applied to people
like ultraviolet rays
with diverse inclinations
in a prestigious chamber
with sounds of nature
nonplussed by tumult
in funereal black
difficult to capture
as a panoply
of slippery facets
like oil on canvas
partially dismantled
in exasperation
Partly financial
folded and printed
on polka dots with gouache
while wrestling and boxing
on a table top for art lovers
of found objects
As absurdist monuments
like punchy murals
dwarfed by buildings
with infectious buoyancy
along a corse boardwalk
with passing throngs
in worldly phenomenons
on concrete blocks
affirming and reassuring
while engaging with the world
like converging sightlines
for really big ideas
In an unbroken wave of adoration
as uncontainable vibrato
in the long-awaited paying attention
to a sprawling creation
behind a ground-breaking
purple curtain
in a tender duet with a sift melody
ranging easily between affection
and arabesque in retrospect
on a dialectical contemporary set
forever and ever...

Goes Without Saying

" Goes Without Saying "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " At Once Romantic
and Commonsensical "

At once romantic
and commonsensical
remaining essentially
locked in sterile delinquency
with troubling greetings
punctuated by a dangling shard
of alarm as a problem
of subplots in an anonymous
peer review not to be confused
as a curtain raiser fairing
only slightly better than wishing on vain
for a paper airplane to fly someday
over the rainbow with puns & wordplay
by showing off anyway
that gores without saying
and getting carried away
all for the asking in a bubble bath
Sure to emerge visible and palpable
with the feel of gravel
as just one more habit
on a carefully constructed path
gradually revealing a view of a square
gathering momentum in a romantic
landscape of volcanic sand
with the hiss of an aerosol can...

As a Starlit Harlot

" As a Starlit Harlot "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Cartwheeling
as Phosphorescent Stars "

Cartwheeling as phosphorescent stars
in rumors first heard to heed the need
to sightsee and eavesdrop
as a starlit harlot
and starry-eyed
artist
On a former loading dock
standing apart from the harsh
with Johnnie Walker
in acknowledgment
of a Grey Goose
far removed as a muse
super hard and deeply fearful
Leaning over black granite
carefully grandstanding
with excited chatter
flapping as a bat
being ravaged
at a newsstand
Under close surveillance
on a yoke-back chair
carved from a single
block of marble
as seen on a blog
like continuity
in a limited series
of perfect acquisitions
filling the gap
as a major absence
depicting importance
in water and chalk...

Rooted at Center Stage

" Rooted at Center Stage "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Clearly Over
a Tidy Churn "

Clearly over a tidy churn
with terse drumming
and plenty to work with
as layers of artifice
and cross-hatched
accents to match
finding traction
with flickering
contraptions
swelling with rain
rooted at center stage
On a woody peg, naked
in cross section with scented edges
silvery when fresh, dense
and spirelike attaining heights
widely triangular, pyramidal and lacy
with raised scars bracketed and bent backwards blackened with age
Borne in pairs, wingless
cone bearing, silver haired
ovoid acorns, scaly cups
rough, pubescent shrub
rusty, stubby, lustrous
southern, curled under...

Surprisingly Magical

" Surprisingly Magical "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Shaping Up
as a Target "

Shaping up as a target
for mismatched partners
in a fatalistic broody place
with baby blues trained
on a fixed horizon line
of mysterioso silence
with bleachy-white teeth
framed as if waking
with a gun-slinging stranger
from the information age
with spellchecked gestures
and gaits in updated Super 8
like the culprits of aging laying waste
to the super-accommodating
Flirting with allowing
a series of flower-powers
as interpretively superb
and dazzling but risk averse
beginning in miniature
juxtaposed with lyrical gifts
surprisingly magical
with a tempestuous side
of deft fluidity freewheeling
as a supple balancing act
of feisty excitement capitalizing
on the extremely frightening
by sidestepping stereotypes
like sweet pliable themes
of pure technique
becoming big and brawny...

Reams of Fertile Seeds

" Reams of Fertile Seeds "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Senescence of
Self-Defense "

In a hard-hitting
senescence
of self-defense
suspicious
of more or less
as larger
and flatter cells
in arterial plaque
becoming
overly active
and curbing out
patchy malignancies
with relationships
between aging
and inflammation
fostering getting shorter
in self-styled hindsight
probably drunken
and possibly violent
Outshining an imposing
atmosphere of fear
by threading together
senses of dread being fed
by a profusion of grueling shoots
and lethal tubers inducing
withered pistillates, musky heads
and necrotic stems then-
dropping reams of fertile seeds
onto blackening fields
with vernal inevitability
with a redeeming alchemy...

Ineffable Echoes

" Ineffable Echoes "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Something of a One-Note "

Something
of a one-
note Bellwort
drooping
at the end
of a forking stem
discarding
the stalkless
yellow bells
dangling
beneath
slender
arching
stems
berries
red
Hearing
ineffable echoes
soft and feathery
as past and present
laments
in threadlike torment
mixed with myth
littered
with prescriptives
of the apocalyptic
As a straight-up
impersonation
of a toppling stage
at the end
of an unsustainable
rainbow
for the unnamed
on opening day
plagued
by power plays
and becoming
upstaged
by a miming
narrator
with an amazingly
pliant spine
and a precise
choreography
of the eyes...