“ Ballooning “ ...

“ Ballooning “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ballooning worries
razing neighborhoods
standing by while navel gazing

going on to fame
via derisive conversations
unable to anticipate pain

on and off the stage
over decades
starfish embracing

overhauling aging
via harassment claims
rallying generations

repealing and relaxing
rules and regulations
solely based on false data

maniacally maintained
mega corporations
having lost our way

deleting misleading reputations
emphatically stating,
“ I AIN’T PLAYIN’ !” ...

“ Easing “ ...

” Easing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Easing scrutiny backing parties at high speed
showing little transparency pardoning turkeys
yet not revealing the breaches in top security
like woes’ rattling nutcrackers
having been taken for granted
by cockey sad sacks riding horseback
into the hereafter as sole companions
wear calf-length pants bridging gaps
with shorthand barely lifting off into the air
madly flapping gaseous wingspans...

“ Unintelligible Intelligence “...

“ Unintelligible Intelligence “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Unintelligible intelligence
bereft of memory perplexing
cancer cells’ perfunctory legends

looking ahead to intimate settings
while defending diasporic identities
seemingly not meant to be

by women particularly
feeling flimsy
staring unblinkingly

bemoaning droning greetings
perceiving wrenching feedback
via flashing happenstance

rivetting raucous jams
brutally stamping
funereal passages

scavenged
catastrophic
narratives...

“ A Jettisoned Promise “...

” A Jettisoned Promise “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A jettisoned promise
rankled then mute
due to prickly vulnerability
by advocacy groups
of mostly confusion

releasing videos of shootings
executed threats defused
instituting strict salutes
donning combat boots
in concussive conclusions
detailing lewd grisly views

split in two by history
immunities lifted
quietly delisted
decommissioned
in chalk and ink
never to be exhibited...

“ At the Intersection “...

“ At the Intersection “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

At the intersection of pretension
becoming oblivious to obvious questions
with musical accompaniment
ringing in some of them
as disjointed consciousnesses
filled with dissonances

mockingly delivered via sonatas and arias
right from the start like piccicatos
gone hobnobbing with the stodgy
against snobby bourgeoisie philosophies

yielding needlessly outsized quandaries
yet lacking in poignancy
all due to tracing bloodlines of regality
into cosmological infinity
while speed reading freed-up living wills...

“ Files “.,,

” Files “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Files contradict “The Almighty’s Ties”
vanishing like live-wired admirers
levying hefty fines donning knee highs
of “never-minds” being crassly classified
“dead on arrival” via collateral suicides

but still coming as a complete and total surprise
crying, “ Insightful Granters Unite! “
all along the lengthy “buy-and-buy” on the sly
as spies’ accusations stealthily fly
from way up on high while
vainly looking to disciples for the, “Why?!”...

“ With Symbols “...

” With Symbols “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With symbols
the problem is
in the inscription
as to the identity
of the sitters

slightly bulging eyes
somewhat fleshy lips
hieratic attitudes

dashing contrasting fabrics
single pendants grasped
by right hands
with meticulous detail
and gained awareness

lending impressions of depth
devotional intentions
monumental presences
iconographic elements
modeled delicacies
evincing serenity

provincially nevertheless
as familial tenderness
in artistic centers
with foreboding death
accepted as conventions
of background elements

glass bowls with apples
grapes plums and pears
burning candles
hurricane lanterns
barren lands stripped bare
engraved artists’ hands...

" In the Shape "...

" In the Shape " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

In the shape of a stout stake banged into the surface in preparation
for elongation though and hot-flavored for our gardening days
requiring considerable space as a native climbing rose
grown atop a poet's grave easily increasing by layering
deep-pink to crimson fragrantly easily raised bottle-shaped
reddish grays sloping banks leaves lanceolate large calyxes
excavated ashes salt hay shortened canes well-placed
glorious displays wide color range profusions of blooms
fresh shoots corrective pruning down to sound wood
double flowers plots of grounds pegged down
white-washed brambles to good advantage as unmarred branches
of differing habitats adapted for planting quickly established
sown under glass metallic copper brass danger of frost passing
grown as annuals in partial shade well-grained good strains
ancient white veined varied lengths cuttings layers
propagating cases sawed planks cross bracing bird tables
corked decorations rasped planed cleanly cultivated rudabaga
syringed daily kept moist by damping baskets fans beds of sand
pink family paved paths well established together in flats
large patches tall attractive burlapped whorls of flowers
bladed arrows raised and named dainty early stages
overtaking watering shading cream variegated patron saints
praying over graves congregating cultivating elevations
enclosed by only one day like well-known-fast-growing willows
rich loamy muddy below seeds being sown into fresh compost
margined in yellow leaves unfolding handsome foliage
cylindrical heads mixed perennials rapidly spreading
numerous stems potted separately slender erect vigorous specimens
letters from the editor gesture after gesture humming again and again
supporting many as if life could be less as bare-armed pleasures
the true test garden sheds tables of contents foraged fresh
Woodland Cemeteries forsythias in February for evidence of shelter
with silences at the center low hedges upon request
preparing our pail flagstones irrigated daily loose and gravelly
controlling tweaks via overcrowding yet staying in the bounds
of bare ground bypassed weeds sprouting pussytoes alum roots
being raised by the thousands...

" High Arching Flight "...

" High
Arching
Flight "

by
Suzán
Jiván
Mom
&
Mom-
Mom
Suzán

High
arching
flight
generally
silent
deep
languid
wing
beats
dark
underwings
gliding
wing
stripes
plunge
diving
black-
crowned
night
white-
faced
ibis
nesting
cycles
hook-
billed
kite
molting
juvenile
solitary
sandpiper...

" A Soft Croak "...

" A Soft Croak "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A soft croak
descending slowly
staccato popping
open water ponds
clustered flocks
harsh low barks
feral populations
overlapping range
and habitats
clucks and cackles
rust and black
unpatterned drab
masked quail
arid grasslands
strongly scaled
tail feathers fanning
on take off and landing
relatively pale females
white-tipped tails
dry chatter quacking
lesser prairie small areas
descending series
calling in clearings
deep gulping
pounding repeat
throaty dense reedy
nesting colonies
black legs and feet
foraging crouching
tidal creeks
white underwings
often seen running
prey is abundant
courtship colors...

" The Ultimate " ...

" The Ultimate " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The ultimate
science of forgetting
in a molecular level
show me one better
in the corner of my mind
not a sound from the pavement
of bootleg radios
like light snacks
and free wi-fi
in the offing
during streaming movies
as stiff cocktails
of technology
aka gadgetry
with less than a full tank
certainly innovational
like cranking modern days
getting priorities straight
same time same place
encouraging risk taking
via mega-data
in star shades of game changing
strictly by invitation
advocating dragon taming
being chastened
with gold plates
and no waiting
memories erased
via stained glass
window panes
perspectives changing
broadband enabling
web penetration
walk right this way matey
haters gonna hate
no blackout dates
remote computations
spam with bacon
given more leg room
for digesting raw data
as the next sensation
experience elevated
tool box upgrades
recollections arriving
never mind...

" Missteps"...

" Missteps "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzá

Missteps stalemates out of concern for races
with hopes fading in the wake of failed campaigns
unleashed nerve agents poor relations

anchored right-of-center by blurbs from the burbs
thousands purged failed coups leaving vacuums
in leading institutions bears and lions marooned
not going smoothly to new zoos like raging bulls

pounding in pink pumps for the newly liberal points of view
being addressed anew by drones of the future
zooming over what it means to be "human"
normally abused beneath a flower moon of the awful truth

damaged arch angels looking strangely into blank spaces
left for the violently detained of late blood-stained
suffocation without justification fruitless confluences
pooling illegally bullhorns screaming during the coldest weeks

competing acerbic insensitivities indescribable exciles arriving
rising right-wing parties of major industries minus rhyme and reason
incoherences fluttering like butterflies in the stomach so to speak
deemed "smart-alecky" refugees primed and ready
being forcibly expelled by poison pens...

" Prominent "...

" Prominent "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Prominent white eyebrows
seeing red unmarked
provenanced objects

inscriptions can be suspect
after firing upon arrival
creating lines with mineral oxides

brown from iron
copper from green
cobalt from blue
manganese purple
or blackish brown

slip-trailed dots
as scratched by potters
rouletted coggled

hand modeled
symbolizing
self-sacrifice
and piety via
floral designs
and paving tiles

clear-eyed
unblinkered
ideologies
bolstered
hierarchies

meticulously revealing
like adherents
with swaths of material
being mowed and reaped
as scythes and sickles
of embodied interests

spotted doves
heavier than mourning
broad white corners
of forceful songs...

" Handle Handle with Care"...

" Handle Handle with Care " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Handle with care don't you dare once more with feeling
in between the extremes comes the verdict half truths and real facts
conclusions notwithstanding ignoring the problematic
taking civil action seizing assets being released from the poison cabinet

competing editions banned doggedly tracked in twice-as-long passages
of totemic expansions singular paths only handfuls of circumstances
and all that jazz in short narratives sometime thereafter as propaganda

spoken wonderfully well like indifferent health well-intentioned
irregular interventions as better evidence in contention
with resulting digressions accusations against length and depth

generally accepted as time to protest while fighting lies with lies
in changing climates for saber-toothed tigers and fleeting wildlife
like dandelions and ragweed contracting disease

unable to distinguish the riff from the raff what's happening?
how much! what?! rummaging somehow suggesting catching
attention having hunches comin' a crumblin' while eyes get adjusted
to nothing but brain wave functions counted up in multiples
of just one priming the pump crying, "Uncle"...

" Awash "...

" Awash "  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Awash particularly startling as tsunamis
all gone but not forgotten rock solid quaking faux pas
indomitably acknowledged via monstrously hard and crisp volumes

quite remarkably sent wildly teetering
yet clearly sighted from a great great distance
oscillating between minimal and massive walls of water

drafted and redrafted within lengthening illuminated manuscripts
while preserving the anonymity and peculiarities of nonfictional characters
with much head scratching being paraphrased candidly

as definite answers serving like excuses for failure from elsewhere
riddlingly graspable non-nonsense clarifications
at low tide high tide neat tide tidy in it's place neat

binders without boundaries being kept in briefs
within atmospheres of wavering expediency
inequalities narrowing wholly and manually

coming no closer to understandings
being read as water-marked letters
stored within the dressers of long-lost relatives...

" Airlifted Footprints "...

" Airlifted Footprints "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Airlifted footprints pulling strings of incidences
drawing deep involvements happening as shifts
of acronyms in military decisions fighting to "win"
not waiting for permission speaking specifically
of gassed civilian victims due to incongruous doctrines
as innocuous calls to arms via flipping policies
of brazen and bizarre gridlock for the dearly departed
solaces broken apart bereft of arguments upended democracies
not dead yet unable to raise objections to malicious agendas
pre-and-post election labeled "terrorists" as good news for elephants
well ahead of presidents' certain contentions left unmentioned
losing members as euphemisms for killing them
evoking invincibility by leaders yielding unwieldy impunity
deemed well-meaning shock therapy treatments
jittery mental digressions as points of reference
for viciousness in hotbeds minus consequence
What's next? Sticking out our necks?

" Critical " ...

" Critical " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Critical questions racing through texts players and events inflated senses of selves
thick-headed fairy realms valued aspects music stretches bare-chested successes
" 1966 and all that " like letters to the editor involving enmity and feuding Vol. II
with long views of short histories new moralities in lengthy essays in the company
of strangers viewing nature spaces and traces merely condensed by experiment surging ahead
unexpressedly and inexpensivel in brief for soul self and society issued with stiff upper lips
given mythical significance by natural history pivotingly clingy short-listed captions
for reluctant travelers being granted bail in fragments from barriers strengthening sterling
metaphorically tipping doughty gladiators in tantalizing landslides while wiggling out
within think tanks having had the significance extracted by conceptual straight jackets
after taking the stand with avarice and madnesses most striking aspects giving airs
initiating civil cases sitting and waiting in vain via phasing roll call taken across decades
for scapegoats popping bottles of champagne for the age-old occasion all for the cause
of "one-for-all-and-all-for-one: what's this one for?" incidental garnishes? undeniable
ominous aesthetic spectacles trying to find themselves as a requirement of curiosity
"Curiosity killed a cat satisfaction brought him back" as valid without a doubt
It's all talk It's just talk yackity-yack don't talk back as forthcoming manuscripts
vulgar tasteless inaccurate busily unpacking left zealously at large by calls to arms
in street cars named "Desire" like integral ideas subtitled, "Swinging" over "Absurdity"
balking cork-screwing circuitous routes processes to disprove according to moods
versus points of view ninety-degree hypotenuse equilateral algebraic calculations
based on broad generalities reputed to be eager fans of making tracks in broadbands
that can't fail like pastoral matters of "What's happening and how!" as a sell out to,
"I've got the power!" everlast under armor branding playing their part throwing darts
in fits and starts potentials for reality series for gazetteers during nosebleeds
in various schemes with red hankies waving over fields of glory made manifest
 by presented evidence unlike dilemmas being re-remembered more than anything else
like how to pack for career advancement in high fashion while watching industries
gathering in a souped-up vintage cars snickering from the back seat wearing clown wigs
displayed on screens depicted as, "mean" " no worries " showing no fear donning scrunchies
pronounced "High Design" as opposed to big bows barely wiggling during plug-and-play
video games mutating "Don't let hate get in the way!" on windy days half empty bottles of rosé
over generations community based without great expectations for promotions or raises
wait-your-turn resonations turning page-after-page spurring changes seated at fold-up tables
along runways of celebration in the back of a checkered cab, "She's got baggage!" at high angles
of "not exactly" stripped of happiness placed in a madhouse by insurgent masses
left unchallenged and unembarrassed after entering into contact and feeling mishandled
being humored like a fractious child pockets bulging out in theory and practice
as mourners stifle their laughter long suffering staffs likened to pig tails bellowing in agony
from the outset pushed over the edge medics coming into question in retrospect
struck  by ill health not ending well paying last respects...

" Fast Trackers "...

" Fast Trackers "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Fast trackers "Where you sit is where you stand"
after discovering your past fraught with misunderstandings
due to money matters pulling on trousers
repeatedly read out presenting demands to be called, "Jack"

well beyond the pale as double-standard tactics
on small patches of the frantically fanatical
directly demographic scarce finances
starting from scratch statistically de facto

direct action by all counts post collapse
as foretold by staffers already felt squarely tracking data
around white houses heading down garden paths
of propaganda taking no chances holding the whip hand

saving powder for future take downs
as the crazily powerful becoming all-too-willing to mouth
unmatched disasters being called out this time around
by outsized missile firings circling the wagons
of non-redeeming factors by victims of collateral damage
losing backing via battle-damaged hardened hangers
containing enigmatic backlashes of spent capital
still ailing from total lacks of understandings...

" Groundbreaking "...

" Groundbreaking "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Groundbreaking
sparking adaptation
ducking grim fate
gracefully
which is to say
interpolated
and up to date
conscientiously brave
by invitation
as an impersonator
needing to make
a statement
with notched shapes
on the brain
opposed to waning
glowing coals
in fireplaces
newly ignited
stepping lively
stretching over miles
for the very first time
burning brightly
bringing owls into the light
anthropomorphized eyes
amplified mini-satellites
little fish big bites
large lower canines
"Mine mine all mine!"
sited food supplies
simulated environs
thriving microbes
fired projectiles
tow lines rising red tides...

" Lifelines " ...

" Lifelines "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lifelines
during widening
drone strikes
minus the hype
of mass suicide
while getting high
on human cries
beneath deepening
night skies
spouting catastrophe-
inspired feverish
one-liners
flasin ' unclassified
sunshine
against "Evil Empires"
living unbalanced lives
at the levels
of class or even phylum
from sub-lethal
dinosaur times
while ravens cry
for survival
white-blotched
black Y's in the sky
boggling the mind
for seven minutes
precisely
bivalves left and right
in two main types
looking faintly plant-like
at the dawn
of multi-cellular life
almost blind
evenly flying
stealthily on a wing
at high speed...

" Superficially "...

" Superficially "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom Suzán

Superficially showing off streamers
generally silent at sea flying steadily
often approaching and circling boats

head down probing
over tropical oceans
methodically and slowly

deep gulping pounding dense reeds
hoarse trumpeting black legs and feet
adult breeding nesting in trees

often gathering actively dashing
becoming drab and pale
upon careful examination of details

common but innocuous
along edges of ponds
white rump and underparts

grassy marsh
developing scarlet
low flying solitary
high-pitched "eeee!"...

" Grim "...

" Grim " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Grim tolls battles narrow rumbling flattening homes
body counts growing pinned-down civilians with famine risks
made by targeting committees being given more authority
via art therapy for veterans as traumatized service members

accused of meddling in elections having been accidentally swept
up in incidentally secret service members minus oversight
street fighting like muck and reptiles think-tank style
throughout the by-and-by outright like a statue of a child
holding fliers dressed just right during de-militarized drone strokes

isotopes colliding spinning turbines at construction sites
of sun and hydrogen plagued by design and impending deadlines
unfurling straight up towards the sky short of stature stout of heart
struck by solar power poised over anthers grasping hands
picking up a bong for a critical project while splitting atoms
by independent analysis hazards of reactors

commissioned multinationally in fits and starts
managing problems due to trauma
in unsparing reports of haunting fallout
after failing to rally support for, "el condor pasa"

unlikely bonds of absurdist drama reading graphic novels
chugging prop-wine in large-scale revivals
only seen during half time while sitting on risers
tagged, "next in line" like a lion's prey in strips of bacon
as readymades with generic names never standing completely straight...

" A Long "...

" A Long "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A long and measured view
garnering blinds from blown-out windows
far too soon to stay neutral in an age of post-truth
like reconstituted slate shingles from roofs
mushrooming grass roots and dismantled gazebos
used as school rooms in full bloom
playing piped-in music during walking tours in tribute
to the lose lips that sank ships
as seagulls screeched far far out at sea
thanks to modern technology
floating over foaming oceans
above pre-launched torpedos
speeding away from submarines
in the name of letting freedom ring
for underwater Old Glories
well above normal while snorkeling
for something smelling a little fishy
while building new wings to house old ideas
experienced swimmingly like pendulums swinging
away from buildings while going out for pizza
in museum cafeterias full of diversity
involving pepperoni as a spicy topping for hot
gastronomical projects in take-out boxes
deemed monuments to corrugated cardboard
with the power of herbs on politics
in sanctuary restaurants gone undocumented
omitting cilantro offering walnuts plus pomegranates
pledging to prohibit harassment based on factors
like immigration status fearing travel for families
in station wagons of practicality merging into solidarity
garnished with newly harvested happenstance
intending to cleanse the palate in the aftermath...

" It's A Sign "

" It's a Sign " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

It's a sign for openly testy former nominees falling short warily
in the catbird seat high in a dogwood tree meowing loudly
via mimickry surrounded by pink-bracketed pseudo-flowers
as seen in a late-arriving daylight-saved frigid spring day

while a commander claims to have been wiretapped
in a see-through glass tower without a doubt
while questioning the credulity of a tweeting chief
moving to halt the tightening of vehicular fuel efficiencies

blaming judicial overreach while rushing indiscriminately
into an apparitional wall of thick-headed bricks
seeking big tilts to the military with arts axed entirely
during the trimming of billions aided by novice
pseudo-politicians perpetuating the ins-and-outs
of their unstable bases leaving sour tastes
from the hacking of mega-data making significant gains

outlooks unchanging due to grim fate
as witnessed from way way out in outer space
claiming to "repeal and replace" dodgy changes
in a digital age of lawmakers seeking immunity
from criminal double-speak activity
being beamed over social media

deemed new and rare species
enchantingly remastered declassified
avian birds of prey painted on the wing
declassified beaks gleaming post breeding season

wandering grouped by geniuses
with wide variations in appearances
printed via checklists that change very little
typically heeding only minor revisions

yet none-the-less significantly providing logistical
awarenesses including rare but regular surreptitious
visitors portrayed in stained-glass windows
as narrative images for illiterates in gritty atmospheres

frozen in agony preaching single mindedness
with a blaze of mono theology above inner-city
asphalt and chain link urging tithing
drawing public ire via golden iconography
perpetually leapfrogging into "Ripley's Believe It or Not"...