"Clicking Away"...

" Clicking Away "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Clicking away
mind pinching
somewhat geeky
ghostly and goofy

by revelling in dread
along with deepest regrets
bickering and whimpering
booing in no laughing mood

being followed by heavy rebukes
from viewers exhibiting inked tattoos
as sleeves of tweaked orthodoxies

in piercing telegraphed beats
on strobing screens
pursuant to persistent warnings

drawing cheers in dissonant meters
after missing the atmospherics
upon upwelling arenas
of themes of ethics and duty...

" Defiance May Backfire "...

" Defiance May Backfire "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Defiance may backfire
for an audacious ignoramus
spouting accusations
in order to gain ratings

advocating chaos
versus changes of the heart
with outstretched arms
first shots captain's log noting folly

chart-topping provocative pops
twisted arms flopping as opposites
twinkle-toed nuance
electoral college...

" The First Diviner "...

" The First Diviner "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The first diviner
opening lines
remotest times

powers of a kind
intertwining on high
as equivocal replies

from ruins surviving
like awe-inspiring
touchings of the skies

by simultaneously
strumming lyres
with ease of design

in severe style
all seen in profile
while on site

previously
having been sent
into exile

to be piously
purified
via crises...

" A New Permanent "...

" A New Permanent "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A new permanent
Who you gonna call
upon stepping off
screened-in front porches
during mourning?

dryads and fauns toiling
oily watery means
of inspiring the quiet
and the polite
while weeping bitterly
and dancing daintily

as sunbeams steal
and blue skies break
into fading Milky Ways
deeply baying
ably maintaining
strength and grace...

" Staring into Mirrors "...

" Staring into Mirrors "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Staring into mirrors
or maybe even
peering unmercifully
at the eery rivalry
between
living and dying

while lurking
just over the horizon
way up deep down
and far behind
looking sideways
pupils dilating...

" In Equal Measure "...

" In Equal Measure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In equal measure
acknowledging
obvious questions
with lacerating candor

endangeringly demanding
pacing dragging
along with failings
like drywall repairs
enmeshed with scandal

coming straight
from the heartland
as a backdrop
for horsing around
in derelict housing

from maladaptive
hometowns
being parsed farther
and farther
from our forefathers
while facing
heartbreak head-on...

" An Incoherent Growl "...

" An Incoherent Growl "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An incoherent growl
most apparent
tile-backed
concrete barriers

wooden pallets
wheelbarrows
of paperbacks
dating way back
to happenstance

with opacity
and few scratches
on blood-soaked grounds
blooming ghost-like flowers

vehicles of abstraction  re-imagined
paint-splattered raggedy social fabrics
also known as dehumanizing schematics...

" Slamming Shut "...

" Slamming Shut "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Slamming shut
digging in
brushing aside stirrings
of pageantry
and ceremonial meetings
reading, "NO VACANCY"

suddenly seeming unseemly
primeval and surreal
experiencing extreme misery
while lying beneath
underpinnings of cruel feats

from sharp-shinned strategies
clinching double-digit victories
racking up wins
toughening resistances
in miniature

heading into recess
with imaginary friends
as a premise
becoming hugely successful
minus any visual evidence
like nothing else...

" Fostering Conversation "...

" Fostering Conversation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fostering conversation
via praise and celebration
that is not to say early days
alone on vacation

like future generations
carving out marketplaces
due to trailblazing
gentrification

while winning accolades
requiring braising
served up on hot plates
in danger in every
destination

all in the space
of three separate pages
as read by silent narrators

up in the air
mock alarm
subplots
of dialogue

moments sparkling
after a shining
surprisingly
lurid side

inching further
and further
hurtling midstir...

"Forward Thinking"...

" Forward Thinking "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Forward thinking
unofficially slippery
accruing heat and density

nearly empty
pyramidal schemes
"Toot Toot Tootsie Good Bye"

spilling everything
while bench pressing
in weightlessness

as soulfully poetic
cleverly inane
deep spacers

balancing
on curvy bases
all in the making...

"Tapping Into Nature"...

" Tapping Into Nature "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tapping into nature
linear planes
floating into space

fluctuating
like otherworldly names
of precisely painted faces

clearer than wall labels
skipping across roll calls
for partly raw outlaws
but not for long

offering peeks
over railings
just after
final glances

thinking carefully
gaining access
to outlying pairs

proceeding
hand-in-hand
across "sir"
planted pastures...

" Bobbing Shapes of Color "...

" Bobbing Shapes of Color "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Bobbing shapes of color
hinting at something or other
as seen in distinct parentheses
of awkward insincerity

warp and weft
to immobilizing effects
no comment
on blank white cards
of unchronicled horror

camouflaged
like curiosities
stowed beneath
kitchen sinks

concealing
winged goddesses
emerging
from water gardens...

"Recursive and Indeterminate"...

"Recursive and Indeterminate"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Recursive
and indeterminate
inimitable
symbiotic gigs
living by supple
wits of coincidence

real and fictional
draining and filling
tightening the grips
of muscular hybrids
while skipping ahead a bit
as lissome spirits of artifice

even handedly hanging back
over spilling top and bottom
without a hint of timidity

never having been
bullied by love
speeding up
increasingly serious

long-separated couples
being star driven
by the dozens and dozens...

"Refusing to Condemn"..

" Refusing to Condemn "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Refusing to condemn
eye-numbingly complex
stick-to-itiveness

as slivers of defensiveness
feeling like tremors
of the body electric

by herculean technology bots
via ocular boondoggles
of persistent nonsense

likened to revolving
phenomenology
yet still sounding
a bit giggly

being considered
the crowning jewels
of fashion shoots

by breaking the rules
of the better suited
shouting the news,
"The status quo
isn't stupid!"...

"It's Hard to Believe"...

" It's Hard to Believe "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It's hard to believe
" Road and Trees "
as an early selfie
of ecstasy

like frontispieces
beneath vaulted ceilings
skylights gleaming
haloes sheening

ways of being
and thinking
up until recently

laptops of intimacy
ravishingly galleries
yellow wreathes and daisies

the keeper of the flame
chiseled angular full-length
art in cyberspace...

"Turning the Spotlight"...

"Turning the Spotlight"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Turning the spotlight
onto the painfully shy
getting precisely
focused like footlights
in double time

as jarring reminders
from one's own life
now semi-compiled
while tapping anxiety

by both booing
and cheering
pivotally flagging
rapidly expanding
strongly varying

all but banned
accents on sass
rushes of fans...

"The Unpainted Space"...

" The Unpainted Space "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The unpainted space
left empty
as grief itself

yellowed and rather opaque
like mundanity
in a blank landscape

left at the ready
polished and hardset
versus infinitely delicate

bound together
half represented
universally accepted

within
the intricacies
of a distancing mist...

" By the Eye Alone "...

" By the Eye Alone "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

By the eye alone
closely allied
while looking back
into a light

veiled
by gentle remnants
difficult to guess
as severity of intent

less sensuality
yet still meant
for perpetual pleasure
of the visual senses

upon following
in soft footsteps
with decided effect...

"Pretty Much Keeping Mum"...

" Pretty Much Keeping Mum "

by Suzán Jiv
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pretty much
keeping mum
all at once

touched up
mashed up
fur chubbies

truncheonly
blunt
gone clubbing

stunningly
ascendent
discussions

ultimately
doing
lunch



landing plum
in the center
of rough-
and tumble
numbers

like tumultuously
bad luck
coming in from others

having given up
on trust
feeling shaken up

single and young
falling in love
"I got ya covered!"

in the aftermath
brushed back hair
with a dainty veil

on a large scale
of only half
as an anticlimax

capable of vastness
hung over a cloud
in rarified air...

"Overall Designs"...

"Overall Designs"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Overall designs
on papyrus
obtaining
the highest rays
of nature

as evidenced
on the face
of calm determination

heavily draped
and elongated
portrayals of haloed
patron saints

emitting brain waves
arousing admiration
betrayed by a bare right leg
in patterns of light and shade...

"Without Helmets"...

" Without Helmets "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Without helmets
rethinking
airplane wings

like colonizing
bacteria
from deep
under the sea

probing and sensing
in pitch darkness
along rifts
running right
down the middle

riotously co-existing
within fitfully
uplifted footprints

bubbling liquid
living tissue
eyelessly spinning...

"Territorial Signals"...

"Territorial Signals"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Territirial signals
quiet and secretive
forests fields

flocking
roosting
breeding

assemblages
of species
trees fully leafed

insect
activities
butterfly weeds

oblong leaves
rose family
bushy asters

moist areas
open woodlands
purple hairy...

"Holes in the Safety Net"...

" Holes in the Safety Net "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holes in the safety net
found unsafe
due to prolonged contamination
in scores of places

as after-hours deliberation and debate
for opposing candidates
in complete disarray

over the decades
in worse shape
having been repatriated
under highways

beneath leaden pipes
being likened to dynasties
from the mainstream
free flowing in invisible inks

heading deeper
into fleeting prominency
like last-minute-last-ditch
courtship among other things

more fretting laboratory tests
federally approved levels
unsettled by experts
in red letters of meanspiritedness
ricocheting down stairwells
someone wailing, "Stand down!"

rolling out well-read passages
like revised tests in a general sense
problem percentages glimpses of dread
more substantial than ever

wondering whether
abnormally small heads
are a consequence
"Don't get pregnant!"

immunity will build
to a parasitic paralysis
by breaking its backs
with panicky strategies

bent for quelling infectious diseases
during high transmission seasons
due to mosquito breeding
buzzes of evening

while lending ears during analyses
by deep deprived colleagues
as a far cry from neuroscience at midnight

being prewired like a false very tired
under a rarely definable deadline
arbitrarily oversimplified
eye to eye sensory deprived

like the spoiler recap that's snatched away
by a herky-jerky big bad wolf in a gray
hoodie and handlebar mustache

tapped fortuitously taking a gamble
bored 'n' unhappy grannies of percussive sass
wearing flippers and a snorkel mask

minimal but canny after creating snags
unlikely to be surpassed
while donning blocky sunglasses
in a breakdance

engagingly distractable
heart-grabbing children and parents
being far surpassed by a noise-making app

off-kilter swervings into underworlds
of frazzled nerves being winched
taut or slacked, "Don't ask!"

quiet and offhand
like the unsentimental candor
of raising cash through prayer
with unfolded hands
well within grasp
tense times with grampy

striped and spotted for concealment
associating peaceably heavy black streaks
thin grey bands in small packages

high-pitched screams
long series of, "kik kik kik kik kik"
common in lowlands spotty in highlands
sooty black habitats of grasslands
singly or in pairs gliding in open air...

"Doled Out"...

" Doled Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Doled out
from the outset
like charismatic anthems
as sung by enthusiastic chorals
at iconoclastic fairs

seeking to outdo outcasts
on the low down
for output

pulling back
from a brutal past
stepping down
after lashing out

gaining muscle mass
of unattractiveness
like less fat
trimmed by half
based on dietary allowance
of incinerated pounds...

"Even the Locals"...

" Even the Locals "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Even the locals
aren't particularly close
like controverts untold

hands on shoulders
over timeworn headstones
at undisclosed locations
in scenes just blocks away
like kilned potter's graves

radiating halos
as emitted brain waves
at birth places
with top rankings
well past the cut-off stage...

"Holding Sentencing"...

" Holding Sentencing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Holding sentencing
"Sweetheart,
get me readers!"
via social media
as practiced
by the digitally savvy
while gathering steam
during water-poisoning crises
being perceived as "pandering"
to crucial clicks
seen as "cringeworthy"
at its best, "murky"...

Laid-Back Grandeur"...

" Laid-Back Grandeur "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Laid-back grandeur
logoed shoulder bags
tanned leather straps
specialty packed
for high-fashion
monogrammed canvas
flying sailing keepall bags
exploring tramping
grooved trails
malleable late romance
given over to chance...

"Reconnected Realms"

" Reconnected Realms "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Reconnected realms
played for execs
as vintage demos
of warped parodies
on synthesized screens

like elusive "zigga-zigga" ideals
going handsprings across vinyl
for Musketeers and blind mice
all in double time...