" 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...