“Upending a Century”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Upending a century surpassing the calamity
of the 1918 flu pandemic surging “excess deaths”
1.9 million pounds of thrust throttling down
supersonic Max Q throttle up 1 Bravo
engine chill 2 Alpha Dragon...
“Rewarding”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Rewarding the crazy
punishing the cautious
suffering exhaustion
flipping the chess board
risking it all ...
“Lifting Off”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Lifting off
hovering
wispy air
soft landing
all hail
Red Planet ...
“Lapses and Miscalculations”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Lapses and miscalculations holding back
on aggressive tactics towards stormers of The Capitol
having had massive intelligence failings
inadequately tallying mob rallies
battling embarrassing lackings of standards
facing confusion and inaction
shattering shields expiring ammo ...
“By Breeding and Bearing”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
By breeding and bearing
refusing to give an inch
versus omnibus impeachment inquiries
pendulums swinging faster than you may think
unregal undefeated unbeleaguered
where lesser men would flee
having had a nose for weakness ...
“A Mixed Bill”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
A mixed bill blink-of-the-eye shifts of position
like wildly different lone figures
utterly disinterested in critics-pick precision
as signature anger-management issues
being given points for famously dim
echoing reckonings resurrecting rushing adrenaline
exhibiting singularly menacing cursory smirks ...
“Springing Back”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Springing back
sprouting up
post shut down
at 1/3 capacity
ably adaptive in parody
conjuring bittersweet
high-water folly genres
unearthing the frivolity
of glamazon showstopper memoirs...
“Can Do the Colossal”
by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán
Can do the colossal
from odd jobs and bit parts
for the forgotten
to shooting for the stars
as hard-to-watch opposite
scene partners uncontrollably sob
having earned an Oscar...
