“The Other Way Around”

 “The Other Way Around”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

The other way around

upside down inside out

well worth knowing about 

over-the-top lowdowns …

“Tuckered Out”

 “Tuckered Out”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Tuckered out spent revelers 

with rebellious intentions all in defense

of “balding intellectuals”

with little or no mentions made…

“Paying No Mind”

 “Paying No Mind”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Paying no mind turning a blind eye 

keeping us alive by wiping dry

underlying old wives’ 

dressed in swanlike gauzy white 

covered in glistening diamonds 

if only for one night …

“Buttering (Up)”

 “Buttering (Up)”

Buttering (up) sweet talking

planning accordingly

unshackling democracy

abandoning melodrama

and melancholy adopting

phenomenal trademarked stars

and banded hallmarks …

“Conveying Interiority”

 “Conveying Interiority”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Conveying interiority/nodding at movies of previous eras/swelling moods and feelings/full-bodied intensities/delivered in personal keys/like the eye blinks of titans/crucial to meanings/listing flirting laughing/as infectiously adaptable exactly happily ever afters …

“Along with Polite Applause”

 “Along with Polite Applause”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Along with polite applause/ for a wall-to-wall success story/orgasmic rivers of sweating pouring off/decades long/rushing out of doors into quiet corners of controlled metaphors/running headlong along catwalks/snaky hips and tight uniforms/long before the fall…

“With Good Reason”

 “With Good Reason”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

With good reason/seeing bundles of pink/in the back seat/like a go-to adviser/fluidly reviewing archives/as an observant guide/to recounting distinguished lives…

“ Preying “ ...

“ Preying “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Preying “en masse “
having read
article upon article

still reeling-in tragedy
after tragedy along nastily
wagging paper trails

being deemed “chief to cronies”
via newly disclosed holdings
appearing to be sweeping
yet left lacking in securities

while leaving the country
clad in black ballistic vests
strapped to chests

pre-meditatively intending
to have, “ a blast “ by spouting tax plans
and scaling back hodge-podged
vast majorities grown in secret gardens

gone beyond the pale during gales
that bail marathon dancers
out from the days of squeegee men

like the lowest on record
drought-ending peril
coming as close an a mouse-
clicking itchy trigger finger can get...

“Ingenuity”...

“ Ingenuity “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ingenuity
showing unity
sharing night shifts

getting inventive
along dragon-shaped lakes
reflecting false information

garnering collared watch dogs
fake news and porn all across
so-called, “media platforms”

wresting oil along rocky shores
threatening trade talks
via far-flung insults

conducting case studies
receiving significant funding
for companies suing governments

while cuddling and testing wolf puppies
addressing bully pulpits pressing pause buttons
wanting more money no matter what

bottle-fed and mothered
custom lengths and circumferences
yet never giving up

coming under published studies
of guerrilla gunners that nearly weren’t
within creative struggles

seeking answers for crossword puzzles
like hindquartered troubled subjects
while calling, “Giddy-Up!”...

“ Disguises “...

” Disguises “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Disguises
seething serious
truths of being
continually spinning
glinty sharky
whitewashed jukeboxes

transgressive storytellers
inevitable endings
far-flung gatherings
underlying parables
irascible family-
portrait masks
all done in passing...

“ Depravity “...

” Depravity “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Depravity
just do the math barely
noticing what’s happening

lacking in transparency
hurricane ravaged
incurring incalculable tabs
due to natural disasters

crippling bottling plants
hostile factions
peace initiatives failing

driving fewer checkered cabs
while spying ride hailers
placing tactical PAC ads
for unassailed demographic
masses while going nowhere

revoking earmarked social programs
as POTUS denotes going rogue
imploding, “roger wilco”...