“ Stunning “ ...

” Stunning “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stunning aids
vulgar tapes playing
deadlocked lawmakers

higher and longer
missile launches
reacting cautiously

while deadlines draw
little support
like case-delayed roiled courts

passing bucks all along
minus some forethought
without getting caught

dressed in golden oil
behind open-and-porous
white-washed walls

all for a song
by mixing
“this-with-that”

being freed from passion
full-bodied sopranos
not meant to happen...

“ It’s All Distorted “...

“It’s All Distorted” 

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

It’s all distorted 
calling for encores
hands clapping madly:
“This old man
Telling old wives’ tales
I know an old lady
There was an old woman”

seldom seen ‘cause
“The cheese stands alone”
chanting, “Ring around the rosie”
“London Bridges falling down”
“duck duck duck goose”
“Olly Olly oxens free”
playing hide-and-seek
via high levels of mercury

while staring into panoramic
natural history museums
of taxidermy with certainty 
like, “death and taxes”
as passing examples...

" The New Furor "...

" The New Furor "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The new furor
getting
all too personal
as a courtesy
during wordless
controversies

with twisted
wits
likened to addicts'
wall texts
used as chatter

from channeled
nomadic
printed matter
vis-a-vis
dissimilarities
of real gravitas

straddling
both the cool
and the banal
like revolver
weapon parts
for Gand Poobahs
with later smarter
counterparts

like shapeable nuances
of ready-made plots
while donning
starch collars
cast in bronze

being deemed as sabotage
by our pedagogical forefathers
having gone well beyond
sweeping sepia curves
of jarringly pre-sharpened rocks...

"Shady"...

" Shady "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shady spots
in a garden as assets
rather than problems
lending charm plus
qualities of calm
while ringing ponds
carbon dioxide oxygen

dappling on and on exact
foot-candles for plants
moving patterns
moss stones gravel

clipped boxwoods
clouds fog set apart
as much as possible
more often than not

toxic leaves dropping
unbearably hot
solid single blossoms
once considered hardy

masses of pale petals
pinched off deadheaded
leggy spent high pressures
identical to no end

veined edges
high air temperatures
raised beds
conserved energy
best kept at bi-level...

" The Looming "...

" The Looming "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The looming crisis of gridlocked science
found in the venomous saliva
of pit vipers deemed "non-compliant"
via paralyzing real time

shining ultra-violet break lights
of embedded devices as location analyzers
disruptive by design watched live

giving off carbon monoxide
typifying raging sci-fi writers
in wifi's bottom lines of pi

more likely to backfire
self-winding copyrighted
"We know why you fly"
via  super-sized
mobile advertised
light shows

under assumptions
of relatively
straightforward
ebbs and flows

taking their tolls
like making and tasting
quality-controlled Cheetos
after cracking lots and lots of bad jokes...

" A Classic "...

" A Classic "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A classic
conglomerate
quashing calls
upon falling short
with little reward

pushing small
race cars
down sidewalks
taped off
with "caution"

checking levels
of lead
collecting evidence
blood-letting
haunting presences

excruciating details
orange shocks of hair
as recruitment standards
after hearing the first, "BLAM!!!"

shortening applicants
world's largest manufacturers
echoing assassins of a warming planet
unraveling flatterers come first

while nodding in acknowledgment
feeling deeply honored heaving hostile
undertones of permanent disposal
redefining how hearing aids are sold

underestimating the scope
of  "the blob that runs the body"
funnels of repositories
as trash-talked moth balls' projects

packed with clay
eventually abandoned
in ancient granite
hepatic control towers
metabolic talents and tasks

regenerating prowess's
moment-to-moment
energy demands
confessing to lifelong passions

searching for protein and fat
flipping to match our diurnal patterns
warding off the "bad" via extreme plasticity
practicing baseball tossing balls and batting:
"Strike One! Strike Two! Strike Three! You're out!"...

" On the Cusp "...

" On the Cusp "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the cusp
of stagnating numbers
long odds slim majorities
as sops to sticklers in swap shops

prettied up but brawny
heavyweight historians
scoffing at powdered-wigged
prissy nerdy inches

seen beneath moody lighting
for hurried selfies
snapped on an even keel
between a long house and tepee

in keeping with cantilevered history
while sparkling power rings
on pinkies are deemed, "easy-peasy"...

" Tight "...

" Tight "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tight battles
typically daring
particularities
being borne
on Instagram

"It's in my glasses!"
seeping extreme passion
as a small detail
of still-not-caring
spy masters'
misunderstandings

under unsparing
amassed surveillance
within a hair's breadth
means of expression
via fragile specimens
swaying and jangling

implicit gravity
paradoxically achieved
by painting polystyrene
and reworked social media

featuring fluorescent greens
plus lip syncing feinds
leavened by patinaed genius
encircled by droopy beakers
while our likenesses disappear...

" Inside ".,.

" Inside "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inside the shake-up
door handles
that are invisible:
" If you think it,
you can build it!"

as ardent kickstarters
in plastic and silicon
just press, "Start"
say, "Yes" to robots
plus flow charts
of scratch and win

springing into distraction
tickets can be hacked
statisticians cracking
criminal actions
of human trafficking

called, "freelancing"
in negative matters
within homelands
alleging balancing acts

surefooted on gravel
and in sand traps
of fact-checked
unmanned caverns

simulating anthropomorphic
combat with mannequins
less viscerally attached
to the grim work at hand

via smart-tuned chassis
of bunker mentality
heads in the clouds
virtually unbounded
scanned virtual reality
"I got your back!"...

" Rarely"...

" Rarely "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rarely
enchanted
in a large scale
while mirroring
the savvy
master of misery
with wizardry

always differing
via surveillance grids
of wordplay gifts
on blueprinted
series of selfies
at teddy bear picnics

stumping
blindfolded panelists
eerily settling in
post spinning
whirling and bristling
upon cavorting
with ghostly imagery

while interweaving
elitist felt Twinkies
with original
murder mysteries
of placidity
at the very top
of the heap

"What's the big idea
of the newest medium
for short-lived celebrity?"
Eerily recorded giant leaps
from tethered drones
buzzing overhead
detected as blurred selves
as sure bets yelling,
" Heavens to Betsy! "
exhibiting deep distress...

" Decrypting Chill "...

" Decrypting Chill "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Decrypting chill
recently picked
transferable skills
limber six-axis
whiplash strategists
pinpoint precision
lock-picking bot gigs
buffeted pin-tumbling
mimicked differently
hyperactivity
Geek League's
patently fiendish
software slinging
swim magazines
counterintuitively
streaming string theory
discoveries wriggling
on forward-thinking
flat screens," My Hero!" repeat
curve sweetening marauding
tidbit offerings on dopamine
back to tinkering at launch parties
intermingling blubber-heated
web intrigue via deep-bellied
rumblings heard as second comings...

" In Oder "...

" In Order "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In order to sink
an inquiry:
"Dam the torpedos!"
while losing seats
as seasonal labor squeezes
plus the dismantling of giant rigs

securing hot tickets
of scanty majorities
on the hot seats
from flagrant,
"not guilties!"
via secret meetings

denying having lied
seeking advisers
offering no free rides
without specifying
the reasons why

after all, "Justice is blind!" Right?
able to turn on a dime
like wiley crime writers
leaving episodes untitled in kind

with images left behind
of everyday life
as unpacked archives
obscuring, "What's my line?"

yet still kept in mind
playing hide and seek
gleefully screaming,
" Olly olly oxens free! "...