Far-Flung Farcical Love

" Far-Flung Farcical Love "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Too literally
trigger happy
in mixed bills
with pirouetttes
as ammunition
and cruel splits
with spastic kicks
capturing the alarming
sadness of dancers
trapped in the sappy
lyrics of far-flung
farcical love.

Probably Not

" Probably Not "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

With deepening nuance
and a seismic drum beat
barbed and bluesy
singing sha-la-la
as a renewed bond
of " probably not "
in the process
of putting on
an exaggerated posture
and the preposterous
mutton chops
of collective consciousness.

J

Refraining

" Refraining "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Duubowski

Aha!
Ironic indie rock
albeit overeager
aching shoegazing
around dank
killer crazed
old insane
gruesome ways
with "R" ratings
unacceptable
in a game
conspicuously
refraining
from a modicum
of restraint.

Titillation

" Titillation "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

More likely too shy
sounding a lot alike
exorcising suffocating rage
while inviting participation
in titillation ever dominating
shadowy affiliations
perpetuating the customary
manipulative induction
with deceptive ease
evoking harmony
and delightful surprise
with an ax to grind
and the rigor of design -
rapport becomes pliable.

Foregrounding

" Foregrounding "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The fog lifts rarely
feeling intimate
with eyes cast
downward angst
is never
convincing
in a gasping
parody
of both sexes
double Xing
peppery
foregrounding
of melodies
skewing sweet.

Juxtaposing

" Juxtaposing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Almost subterranean
juxtaposing mambos and cha-chas
with electropop and hip-hop
modestly and meaningfully
speaking in neither a single voice
nor a brooding euphony.

Less Complexity

" Less Complexity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Close on the heels
of less complexity
showing the text
of sudden death
officially checked
at an electronic exit
bucking a segment trend.

Clashing

" Clashing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ominous fragments
of a military draft
with the claims
of an aftermath
in the form
of backlash
from the mussel
flash of an assassine
clashing for advocates
lobbying for legitimacy
of liberty dampening
victory as a country weeps.

Outsized

" Outsized "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In short supply
finally tingling
when writing
often privately
in outsized diaries
for social climbers
as finalists and icons
of microclimates
atop tomes
and slide shows
for white collar

To a Point

" To a Point "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Reasonably handsome
quietly dashing
both high-minded
and airy but daring
only up to a point
propelled into motion
by a touch on the shoulder
into a deeply-boned
little known emotion.

Cosmic Epiphany

" Cosmic Epiphany "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Short on words
in a skirmish
within a slinky
cosmic epiphany
donning a somewhat
shiny and closely-woven faille
characterized by slight
ribs in the weft
turning heads
reopening the Met.

Little Spunk

" Little Spunk "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Dominating the runways
with disciplined good taste
in a public mea culpa
and a rise in the number
of single mothers
with little spunk
plus nubby buttons
wondering if some-
thing was the subject
of nervous combustion
in a conundrum
from micro governments
tumbling toward
unsustainable greatness.

Forthcoming

" Forthcoming "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Coming to the fore
in a forthcoming audit
underscoring foreclosure
while seizing files
of suicides and homicides
along with hate crimes
requiring ascribing
to acts of violence
toward the logistically invisible
as of yet left unchecked.

Out of Context

" Out of Context "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Out of context
reversing conventions
to an extent in remembrance
of anarchic sentiments
following in the footsteps
of a Python sketch.

Far-reaching

" Far-reaching "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The how-to vocal patterns of scat
where details matter and bonus tracks
are referred to ruefully as far-reaching
nonsensical links to the unspeakable.

Ticking Off

" Ticking Off "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Remarkably constant
imbued with calmness
after strong starts
and huge markets
in a vivid continuum
of nonfiction
with hardships
and pundits
ticking off lists
tinged with suspicion.

Lithe and Taut

" Lithe and Taut "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Between kiss offs
lithe and taut
entering the final stretch
as the grimmest
in memory
morbidly effortless
and culturally inept
toward the end.

Pyramidal

" Pyramidal "

by Suzán Jivân

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Pyramidal to conical
thin, open aromatic
reimaginings veering
between brainstorming
from a trapeze
by one knee
and bracing
for a gutsy
soliloquy
with booze
and celebrity.

Unprecedented

" Unprecedented "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Injecting itself
with unprecedented levels
clearly intending
to replicate
a rare oasis
by gaining favor
on a clearly-
articulated
front page
putting shadows at play
planning to parlay
a soul singer's ache
by sidestepping clichés.

Strains

" Strains "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Strains in an alliance
underscored by suicide
killing five fears of late life
missing otherwise.

Limiting

" Limiting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Limiting a two-legged species
giving hints of fluttering
around the dump
overrunning being punished
as a less visible advocate
of a dissimilar establishment
fighting back absurd attacks
as a celebrity commander
monitoring quarrels
and mock violence
by impugning
blue-footed boobies.

Ethics

" Ethics "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Predating Lucy
exchanging
information
with liasons
for AIDS
repeatedly
intervening
while trying
to clean
to the Nth degree
urging midwives
to advise
against swine
spreading wildly.

Since Forgiven

" Since Forgiven "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Persistently seperatist
unexpectantly steeped
in history plummeting
last ditch veering
into commitments
since forgiven.

Ticking Off

" Ticking Off "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Papers filed
on the fly
by ticking off
climatic
advisors
stream-
lining line
items.

Hold Fast

" Hold Fast "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ragged edges
tattered skirt
overlapping caps
hold fast
branched hair
middle bare.

Clandestined

" Clandestined "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Signs of left-leaning conspiracies
and clandestined efforts
to design warheads
with veiled threats
of right-winged agendas
covertly spreading
stealthy messages
with double-
digited billions.

Inevitable

" Inevitable "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

All but inevitable warm and fuzzy feelings outnumbering
the boldfaced taste-based
vivisecting and reassembling
of wrongheaded
but well-cherished
fleeting expletives.

Labyrinths

" Labyrinths "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Still avoiding risks but claiming victory
in limited digital extraditions
into high-tech labyrinths
suddenly becoming public
as exasperatingly-fast
scrambles at first glance.

Trawling for Stars

" Trawling for Stars "

A Love Poem for Frank

by Suzán Jiván

A broad swath
of swooning viewers
trawling for stars
most often watched
delicately dotted
in sharp relief
into orbiting rings
of prospective memories.

Unearthly

" Unearthly "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Lifting hope
by signing off
on supposedly hi-
tech climactic
proposals
to allow
the pointing out
of old coal-stoked
deadly-breathed
electrical sectors
then subsequently
permitting them
to sequester
their own
recaptured
heat-trapping gas
for the millennium
in unearthly burials
of scent-free CO2
sent COD.

Stymieing

" Stymieing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Intended as confidential
yet deftly spread
as a covert message
heard impressively
where luxury products
are mass market
hit the hardest
turning a profit
at the expense
of meals and rent
threatening
to become permanent
by stymieing newly-
specified long-term rights.

Vapor

" Vapor "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Would have to do the talking
for the less-familiar
but all-important
templative women figures
with their arms akimbo
marked by cumulatively-
tubular and hugely-looming
trails of elongating vapor.

Scaling Back

" Scaling Back "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Scaling back
after roaring back
all decked out
in a snappy
new power suit
tailored after
whip-cracking
far surpassing
being jacketed
by the fashionably-
affable fiddle-
faddle of the past.

Stamping Out

" Stamping Out "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Seeking to ban backing down
by stamping out early peeks
at high-frequency secret meetings
beneath impermeable shields
defending against descending
from the heavens to sea level.

Steering Clear

" Steering Clear "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Citing risks
and drawing fire
by fighting crises
while steering clear
of a quiet leader
and initiating
debilitating
fracases
in your face!

Ballyhooed

" Ballyhooed "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Roughly doubled
mea culpas
ballyhooed
as infusions
into convoluted
rebukes impugned
by congressional rudeness.

Laying Claim

" Laying Claim "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Accepting tit-for-tat
with the narrative panache
of a crash-worthy cautionary tale
laying claim to the waxing and waning
of unnamed mainstays
suffering all the same.

Taking It's Toll

" Taking It's Toll "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Taking it's toll
shrugging off
any air
of self-
importance
altering course
largely because
of forced
staunch support
for high scoring
requited
double wide
on site.

Intimating

" Intimating "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Sequestered
some distance
from elliptical
intimacy
reverberating
in and out
of shade
intimating
all-over
painting.

Hand-Wrought

" Hand-Wrought "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Zeroing in too adamantly
ahead of the biggest canvases
challenging the hand-wrought past
still working on scale.

Glaring Panoplies

" Glaring Panoplies "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Making a rapid, if risky, sprint
along a flared path to abstraction
with glaring panoplies
of assiduously perplexing
but perpetually arresting
blurred whirls of dashed-off patches.

Memory Lane

" Memory Lane "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The dangerous sway
of " ixnay " and " amscray "
recognized as jovial
denials of like-mindedness
engraved on name plates
acknowledging the inescapable domain
of a rueful troll of Memory Lane.

Claiming Space

" Claiming Space "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Claiming space
acting out
hand-held rage
rounding out
take-aways outside
the exchange
erasing reservations
with well-lubricated
hanky-panky.

Revisiting

" Revisiting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Finding a defining voice
with a sly bit of refinement
thwarting the slam
by revisiting dissonance
with turbidities and mis-
giving - not all that big
to begin with...

Seldom Seen

" Seldom Seen "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Barely suppressed edges
behind the pyrotechnics
of adrenalized extremes
making the big-time leap
of accepting the soundness
of seldom-seen surroundings.

Usurption

" Usurption "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The happy-sad truth
openness versus silence
worth bearing in mind
determined by bygone's
usurption of time.

Ought Not Go

" Ought Not Go "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ought not go
steering largely clear
of fitfully-funny yukfests
with low joke-to-minute ratios
delivered in viscerally charged
but thoughtful pickup zones
filled with cheerfully off-kilter
singalong scores.

Into Place

" Into Place "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Igniting speculation
of an intimacy that zips
into cascading lapels
droopy shapes
and elongating a's
pivoting into place
painted with henna
into a well-red
perspective.

Hovering Above

" Hovering Above "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Blandly soothing
hovering above
cultish dumb luck
largely blending
in with anonymous flops
and the colorful chaos of the squat
in sharp-witted indiscriminate limbo.

A Game Changer

" A Game Changer "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A game changer
amid the banter and glare
luring the wary in the wake
of an oddly opaque
out-and-out madness
rippling outward
touching somehow.