" Quite Apart "...

" Quite Apart "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Quite apart from the ferocity
of personal histories
not considered "worthy"
yet moved by words
of young girls
during overland journeys

happy and carefree
dancing beside campfires
via violins' playing
running races making swings

throughout crossings
transplanting of families
wagon parties drawn by oxen
to far-off Oregon

bootstraps straw hats
our future rests
with checking
out the feathers
of bird aesthetics
when whales
weren't always
so immense

as babies in bassinets
with striking exceptions
across continents
being lured to frozen deserts

wind-blown grit
sculpting valley rims
footprints of scientists
subcontinents splitting
due to continental drift

left floating in pools
of salty liquid
planetary histories
of filter-fed gigantism
bowhead and fin
binging behemoths

marine creatures'
early beginnings
beneath ice sheets
yielding tremendously
big childrens'
chalk drawings

all along poured
concrete sidewalks
as glamorous gigs
for many a youngsters'
be wonderment
plus befuddlements
never begrudged...

" Looser Rules " ...

" Looser Rules "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Looser rules coming to newer conclusions
under the influence of the minuscule
when told to "quickly cocoon "
after aging unsuitably testing for clues
in an asymmetrical universe
gone nuclear via little improvements

never making any sense
from bluster plus empty threats
hidden experimental energy
scores tending to hang together

"When heat increases,
so too does the venom!"
being likened to true
thermonuclear weapons
from stepped-up pressures
botched or successful

instant best sellers
during early elections
moving in opposite directions
asylum seekers left unprocessed
squelching measures via motion sensors

evoking echoes
from years ago
below the fold
while using
smart phones
in order
to start over

tempered and fleeting
claims of referendum victories
dousing young women
with conflicts of interest
according to analyses
of tricky activities

awaited breathlessly
without exception
donning vestments
of correctives
emptied of young men

being marked by death
in avoidance of confession
hijacked by interdependent
primary suspects
all under false pretenses...

" Plans to Unveil "...

" Plans to Unveil "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Plans to unveil
improbable
promises
of watchdogs
being ignored
pulling on plush toys
playing tug-of-war
for regulatory
money launderers
coming under
appalling assaults
overtly distorted
over long hauls
of horrific discord
years and years long
while posing with orbs
frantically drilling for oil
soon after dawn hollowed out
crisscrossed reports all bound
for export torn stuffings
sprawled across hardwood floors
euphemistically called
"moderation implausible"
as just rewards
genes turned on
genes turned off
back and forth
highs crashes
cravings withdrawal
neural networks
of unlearning
getting integrated
into a new person first
having been broken
but to no avail
too painful to bear on a global scale
under chairmen's voice commands
performing thankless tasks
leading to inadequacies
desks and closets disappearing
as part of the agreement
ceding three seats to a once-
catatonic company
now becoming profitable
yet still highly risky
coming under suspicion
via flashy action figures
mischievously grinning
in tilting pinball machines
flashing turnaround stories
slamming silver balls
as an analysis of good form
in the curriculums for leasts-of-alls
warded off reference points
of inner voices heard no longer...

" Periodic "...

" Periodic "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Periodic afternoon rain
clouds and sunshine north
millions along the border
propelled into office

lessening
nutritional
assistances
the ending
of deficits

earned income credits
preserving older Americans
more 'n' more in peril

misled according to arts and letters
making demands no less
withdrawing requests over generations

with  little conscience for federal ethics
thundering through Manchester
panicked adolescents screamed and fled

denoting terrorists as "Eagles of Death"
linebackers of presidents relying heavily
on their journeymen said to relieve distress

at performance art centers
yet failing to reflect
not knowing whether
to be linked to intelligence
as minuscule influences
on unreasoning interventions

representing lacks of successes
during batteries of failed ballistic tests
scores tending to hang together
in bursts of primal energy

much heavier than lead
as bilingual Hamlets on sets
market-vetted touch and texture
concerning many as sounds of protests

being ceremonially addressed
during collaterally damaged events
instinctively unsympathetic
by misguided history lessons

prisoners of conscience
dominant melancholies
canonical Bards of despondency...

" Moving " ...

" Moving " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Moving
voices to be heard
during the starting gun
triggered with motion sensors
an anything but welcome
at more than 90%
most likely to be rejected
like asylum seekers
at the ready under many
many many pressures
helpful measures
effectively squelched
by glitch-ridden
sequences of events
getting footholds
through tennis
subject to net ethics
conducting two steps
of opposed endings
stoking electrodes
on either sides
of the divine
like overly
zealous advertisers
intentions entirely
questioned
yet feeling
thrilled to be
even invited
to write
catchy jingles
with lyrics
to match
pledging
to lower
taxes
built on
optimistic
models
based on
reordering
the nation's
priorities
while radically
slashing
social programs
openly disclosed
spearheaded
by domestic terror
the safety net
despots
racing
toward
thermo-
nuclear
weaponry
high-
powered
binoculars
at the ready
minus integrity...

" The Next Best Thing "...

" The Next Best Thing "

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The next best thing
not your average story
where tomorrow never stops
within the finest cheese shops
while waiting at the bar
for intuitively non-responsive
weird projects of the powerfully
positive as experimental neurology

getting ahead across sectors
past scenes left "all-in-the-head"
when worry begets worry
during one-on-ones cunning
questions of loyalty never coming
up publically tumbling
and "all-shook-up"
by "start-ups-to-come"

questing destinations
for money not measuring up
becoming subject to sizable cuts
wheeling jacking cawing
not falling off capable of enormity

bafflingly twisting and turning
scuttling multipurposefully
frog-bleats of wildebeests
body heat diseased fantasies
at warp speed obviously unreal
awaiting discovery defying belief
headspinning indelibly
predatory infective flecks...

" No Traffic Jams No Crashes "...

" No Traffic James No Crashes "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

No traffic jams no crashes
they're not passengers, they're family
get involved via information technology
the data center is right here
how they drive how they make you feel
like ground-up rethinking
at full capacity reimagining
straddling the gaps of owners' manuals
crumbling fast

into hitherto unknown
taking hold watched closely
tipping on tightropes
bending forward eyes closed
bubbling over with the emotions
of vibrating cell phones for teetotalers
and notedly pre-coated maraschinos

as all that matters chemically revamped
saliva enhanced happening fast
bands of hackers being denied access
to critical masses as confluences of factors
falling flat solar wind algae batteries

shining parallels trash blasters molten glass
processing plants hazmat fuel capture
dipsticks gone missing neurotransmitters
highly beneficial recovering cognitions
following waving brain maps
into peals of laughter...

" Bubble Bursts "..,

" Bubble Bursts " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Bubble bursts into rainbow splatters
red orange yellow green blue indigo violet
unstoppable blowing bubble wand robotics
gone wild as atomizing soap plasma melt downs
uncanny mini cannons from malleable emotional faculties
like ideas of perfectibility linked to human history with little limits
becoming fixed by "appears-to-have-beens" unvisited
while speaking of plasticity versus paradoxically rigid
pathologies "right-and-left-leaning-whereas" experience
viewed as changeability hereby analogous
to shifting attitudes beyond the mask
locker room meets "lab" computational charity
yielding smarter planets of ethernet fabrics
spun above thunder heads dramatic clouds clapping relapsing...

" A Practice " ...

" A Practice " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A practice still in use undoubtedly practically fool-proof
wheels turning already in use spindle bottles spouted jars
cups and goblets buff-surfaced pots polished products
hippopotamus artists matt dark copies high tech qualities
moulded carved stitching and knots mimicking basket weaving
cultural prehistory markedly distinct swirling motifs
full-bellied cooking vessels found in burials high head dresses
ox carts mounted guards earthenware jars filled from the top
incised ivory white fired peony designs ciphered and incised
literature alike scrolling vines cobalt oxide appealing widely
new-found style inspiring refinement much prized
flaring sides second firings leaf-green iron
increasingly out-of-reach decoration in relief
external treatment long periods horizontal ribbings
armed with spears wreath motifs figures seated
hounds leading revivals of cities relegated increasingly
ceramic bodies flower pots development from the squat
handles on top flourishing marbling dipped in the slip
nearby clay pits narrow rims twigs in kilns chafing dishes
horsemen musicians stimulating interest...

" Cast Off "...

" Cast Off "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cast off
in favor
of a magic
snake-drawn
chariot
lost in tragedy
minus the details
as powerful foreshadowings
numerous and unfinished
within zeniths of catastrophes
via metal smiths favoring inscripted red finishes
from oxen victims dominate in history's slick trivialities
wheeling love charms divinities caught in the middle having been killed by poisoned gifts...

" Figured "...

" Figured "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Figured decorations
executed in glossy black
on fired clay
durable impervious
and attractive chariots

particularly malleable
skilled hands
sometimes fantastic
often imaginable
as if on a lathe
of good to bad

two horizontal handles
pints or gallons versus flasks
land creatures absent
communities collapsing
into ill-drawn patterns

less angular abstract
fishes birds animals
real and imagined attributes
as thunderbolts of Zeus

super human figured works
legendary terms covered surfaces
superfluous match-stick limbs
shinx and griffin persistent myth

self-evident incidents
inadequate in precision
predominate miniature
orange-brown slip...

" A Harbinger " ...

" A Harbinger " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A harbinger once summoned up one-by-one
irregardless of the unusually harsh
hearing of a hard  "Knock! Knock! Knock!"
for a staff sergeant killed in combat
draped in a flag as an enduring fact
due to the unraveling rationale
of the unfathomable coming into doubt
within the vastness of a tattered balance sheet
while attempting to do the right thing
like unsettling start-up governments
leaning heavily on disagreements
via weak links and droppings in earnings
precipitating firings from leaks
in the finance industry
having transformed global banking
into a chaotic market place
flooded with pools of money
swarming with green algae
from changing habits
often twice that of the average
meant as a cruel prank
stifling the debate of climate change
striking repudiations
going under investigation
like darker shades of green gables
slap-dashingly frustrating
and eagerly awaited
lusting after the famous
via pervasive risk taking
and torturous defamation
under false names for pie bakers
failure alone does not suffice
to a rival's delight striving
to survive the striking spotlights
of fomenting crises on final flights
subject to chatty sniping
and rat-a-tat-tat punch lines
while hunkering behind
goading gadflies
aging in place ever so gently
as a stealth anesthetic
with the love of the ephemeral...

" Getting Real "...

" Getting Real "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Getting real targeted weekly via eye-mask recovery
plumping skin de-aging stages for impatient inpatients
freshly pressed fragrant free daily boosting by "Nuts to You"
equally cozy and new faux dearths of snow in unique tones
after going "nudo" and downing oaks "Look out below!"
in the front row of fashion forwards
that are all in the eyes of the beholder
while skipping stones far from home
this month you won't for all that's wholesome
to a greater or lesser degree of uncanny "dis-abilities"
yet testing positively for female-focused charitable clarity
via childhood dreamers of "how-and-then" and "now-and-then"
well worth considering as hither to much improved
having been deemed at the risk of plenty of beauty...

" A Little Bit Nuts "...

" A Little Bit Nuts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A little bit nuts
under-appreciated
percussion
overcome
with simple
umbrage
dismissed as,
"low-life scum"
incoming
attention-hungry
" wing nuts
wacky doodles
zealots "
electromagnetic
pulse
willingnesses
to disrupt
expecting
different results
for overwhelming
front runners
in the long run
from bailout money
obviously culpable
and extremely nervous
yet virtuously vice versa
notes splattering out
of a Wurlitzer...

" The High Price "...

" The High Price "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The high price of immortality
in between finger rings
of unyielding restorative serums
as wellness amenities
posing perpetual questions
self-portraits entering into evidence
for feminine mystics
with lipstick-stained histories
in back seats of mid centuries
"What are you reading?"
people places and parties
during weeks of mid-season skiing
always being irked
by the firing up of the bird
certainly well deserved
given award-winning bottles of milk
covering hand-wringing conflicts
of influential peoples
moving into million-dollar properties
ensuring conveniences for fickle
superlobbyists not having to work too hard
outside of the arts leaving tire marks
tops upon tops for footsteps from father
splendid or not through car washes
dining darning donning finer wrist watches
for faces that can stop a clock...

" A Good Few Stars "...

" A Few Good Stars "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A few good stars
there was no moon
there was no cloud
as you can well imagine
found in sediment
or in the crevices of shells
with hidden weapons
of interplanetary menaces
sacs on their heads
employing venom
scavenging on the dead
absorbing dissolved nutrients
as assets of remembrance
in any direction
like catch-all insectivores
that beat the dinosaurs
all because of quick wits
and nimble bodies
crawling along primeval floors
hit by meteors
staking their mortgages
on matters of dumb luck
via class or phylum
subject by subject
with specialized functions
capable of leaves plus tufts
like an open head of lettuce
all of a sudden under study
donning boxing gloves
while throwing collective uppercuts
strange and troubling in significance
bit by bit tail flukes dripping
from humpbacks that grace the planet
with muscular tongue action
thoroughly undetatched 90-odd mammals
hanging onto consciousness silt at the bottom...

" Revised and Expanded "...

" Revised and Expanded "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Revised and expanded as the "how" and "why"
of certain kinds seeking survival via biological
and psychological drives neither mentioned nor implied
by nesting spiders luring flies unrealized
beyond antiseptic environments minus fictionalized
lullabies mimicking infantile semi-autobiographical sciences

deemed dialects late in life in spite of childhood rhymes
from vanishing hitchhikers to the surprise of passing drivers
headlights on bright at night while essences lie
with over-cooked clients signaling a find in closed societies
being continually guided as needs derived from outsiders

learning to harmonize ideas memorized like solidified
states of mind simultaneously reconceptualized punchlines
in the opening lines outright combinations unmodified
implied indeed anxiety-evoking ironies pointing out rightly
coming up on the horizon lines like glimmers of light...

" Must-Haves "...

" Must-Haves " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Must-haves temperature strength foam
level as convenience strength and control
while on our own moment-to-moment
shades opening and closing
furnishing homes with wholesome shadows
handsomely two-toned fashion forward
hand-blown alabaster rose
living without boundaries
"happening" kitchens and baths
going off on tangents performance fabrics
new talents trade fairs swathed in cash
plush greenback palettes newest wares
within the rings of Saturn harlequin patterns
freckles on canvas knight-steined night stands
draftsmen collapsible cane and brass
sleek folding chairs elegant hardware
perfectly scaled leather detailing take me there
high tech high style in perfect lines
in the best of times guides to the shiny
berries butterflies you have arrived
designer delights at the bedside modularized
side-by-side come to life intertwining
beneath skylights seaside site lines decisions final...

" In One Capacity or Another "...

" In One Capacity or Another "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

In one capacity or another continually running
into unknown nothings becoming all too familiar
with recent history as a bit-too-sugary political figures
detracting from their authenticity almost unanimously
made up of weaker scenes of all four seasons

while reading trumped-up comic strips as ingenious
shifts of impossibilities on and off the frenzied beats
with inaccurate senses of timing being highly
satirized like high-kicking chorus lines

as dance highlights from gang fights
ruining lives via air-kissing good byes
then mugging delightfully
while sweetly and appealingly
hip swinging dripping in mink
at head-spinning high speeds

befriending dazzling audiences
with head-strong squeezed accordions
playing in raucous performances
during jaunty scores of tragic
love stories from eunuchs to unicorns

while losing the hang of biodiversity
hallucinatory acid-stoned meanings
impossible varieties laconic whistling
piercing cavities in distant canopies
of endlessly little things while swearing
and blaspheming hard conceptual leaps

building on the bodies of dead colonies
within the bases of bedrock for badger-
watching-wonderfully-improbable
goings on ping-ponging dolphins
rocketing with amazing ferocity
into lifestyles of biting pack ice
sitting tightly in stationary lives
surviving via the nutrients
of turning red tides by violently
calling the wild reaping fairly sizable
imprecise sources of deepening denial...

" Breaking "...

" Breaking " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Breaking all attendance records as phenomenal successes
for superstitious skeptics most likely repeating themselves
in more romantic endings being taught a lesson
while asking eminent questions about prominent addresses
with superb finesse within preferably brilliant spectacles
of old-fashioned operettas voided of decenters
setting precedences of longevity moving quickly chanting
indignation in hot numbers staged in top-ranked plays
for good-natured woozy favorables thought to be quaint
and uncomplicated infatuations anxiously awaiting
waning ringside tables extolling limitations
being wisely relegated to looking away in spritely ballets
based solely on heresay new scenes added old scenes scrapped
in striking finales of the anticlimactic lacking in enthusiasm
then bouncing back to high capacity with warmth drive and personality
plus ruthless tactics for blindfolded panels demanding, "Call me madam"!!!

" Playing "...

" Playing " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Playing to full houses coming as a let down
including on picnic grounds as out-of-town tryouts
filled to capacity like numerous romances
catapulted into action via word-of-mouth
by the rowdy in old home towns amassing parodies
on popular "Swing" frantically singing
with the throaty ability of fresh personalities
with perfect timing on opening nights
just prior to striking completed with rhymes
from screen sirens canned music provided
steps from the footlights in the meanwhile
staggeringly re-aligned like lovers being re-united
during final triumphs symbolized by rites
of ignited flash fires hats over eyes...

" The Public "...

" The Public "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The public in total runs of technicolor
plus comedy numbers gone numb
quite suddenly surpassing all others

stirred up in columns unheard of
out of turn never to return
out maneuvered deemed, "otherworldly"
wrapped in turn kicked kicked kicked to the curb

miming words being kept to a minimum
minus voice doubles in man hunts
for touring companies struck dumb

irregardless of elaborate productions
for the frivolous dealt in as uppercuts
teeteringly lush seen as something rather ridiculous

overdone in reruns reaching staggering sums
as rather pompous offensive to no one
rough cut bite your tongue...

" A Decided Break" ...

" A Decided Break "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A decided break
taking place on and off stage
by saying: " Break a leg!"
to featured players
all in the making as favorites
of refreshing change
fitting the plot or not
harping, "No comment!"
comedically illogical
slipping mock
wedding rings on
from window models
madly waving their arms
as glamor's goddesses
for the obviously suave
offering spotlit responses
via additional dialogues
by super stars
donning full costumes
proving to be quite profitable
like prime targets
for choreographers
of radical departures
upon gaining confidence
over obstacles
like fluttering
orange monarchs
filled with charm
as societal debutantes
and acrobatic leprechauns
following bouncing balls
in head-strong sing-alongs
topping off the box office
sophisticated and bawdy
in attractive choruses singing:
 "How are things in Glocca Morra?"
being granted drama awards
for superb love stories well beyond recall
greeted by rounds of applause and rolling encores...