“Highlighted Ties”

 “Highlighted Ties”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Highlighted ties continuing gliding

over vital Springtime lifelines …

“An Unwillingness”

 “An Unwillingness”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

An unwillingness

to vote for trillions

balking at amending

imperative safety net measures 

strenuously attempting

to link jagged puzzle pieces

during make-or-break weeks

repeatedly pleading to raise debt ceilings

ticking off fiscal uncertainties…

“Vacillating”

 “Vacillating”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Vacillating between defiant and defeated 

railing at enemies pleading for time 

legacies denied at once stunning 

and unsurprising previously lionized 

now feeling blindsided 

by the newest of findings 

ill-advised misaligned sex drive 

obliged to resign …

" Into a Gamble "...

" Into a Gamble "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Into a gamble of caustically
dramatic rival factions
becoming increasingly wary
after fearing crashes
across warming planets

risking catastrophic
damages collapsing
economic impacts
helpless parenting

conflicts spanning homelands
of influential hackers as de facto
barricades for staged cyber attacks
having disappeared into thin air
behind cross-hairs strand by strand...

" Still Thrashing "...

" Still Thrashing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Still thrashing
hulking anger
in interpolated gags
of buffoonery and antics

versus unrecognizably
ebullient revelries
portrayed like neither
foibles nor follies

in ludicrous costumes
of huge crinoline tutus
and beau font hair dos

cheeks dotted
with deep-pink rings
padded eyes
shoulders and knees

likened to hives
with multiple queens
while buzzing madly
pollenous anther
to pollenous anther...

" Going Beyond "...

" Going Beyond "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going beyond
messes
at the top
while running
"at large"
from even-
more-complex
confidantes

not having gotten
to the bottom
of, "What's What?"
like the misbegotten,
" Something's Rotten!"

seeming farcical
left fitfully in stitches
as unhonered traditions
in moshups of Cheshire grins

delivering unbridled pessimisms
for tongue-in-cheek cynics
of massive redactions
by slap-happy big wigs
being covertly quaffed
by elephantine Grand Old Parties...

" Nostalgia Is Optional "...

" Nostalgia Is Optional "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Nostalgia
is optional
feeling nearly
forgotten
like clocks
having lost
their "tick-tocks"

hands rotating
across worn faces
as numerals fade
miscalculated
as, "maybe someday"

being suspended
by gold chains
links soddered into place

elegantly engraved,
" Seize the Day"
wound each and everyday

polished pocket watches
displayed in corner pawn shops
unsentimentally guarded
pennies on the dollar
for fobs of stolid forefathers...

" Cited "...

" Cited "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cited
in particular
as the
All-
Too-
Familiar
acronym,
Capital "A"
Capital "T"
Capital "F"
aka
Alcohol
Tobacco
&
Firearms

for inaugural
diehards
toting weapons
into wet bars

like snipers
on rooftops
earmarked
with trigger-
happy qualities

while wearing
Kevlar
as compliments
to SWAT
a la conglomerates
of trademarks

as sentimental
favorites
of sure shots
suspended
from armatures

donning high-
caliber armaments
versus sling shots
for upstarts
minus body armor

protective
hooded
sweatshirts
pulled
overheads
hand lettered,
WTF...

" Languishing "...

" Languishing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Languishing
beneath
icy veneers

never really
revealing
stealthy feelings

concealing
feverishly
twitching

almost
cartoonishly
hissing and growling

then rancorously
vanishing
into grandiose
variables

having been
cheesily
choreographed
like slipping
between cracks

then magically
reappearing
elsewhere
reincarnated
as, "Who dat?"...

" Man Holes "...

" Man Holes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Man holes
gurgling
audibly

onslaughts
of salt
water

sea walls
being
razed

moon phases
waxing
and waning

without
drops
of rain

exacerbated
inter-
plays

stone throws
in
their wake

donning waders
throughout
inundations

planning and preparing
for the spectacularly bad

simultaneously inhaling
salt-sprinkled air
and trying to get our bearings

as no easy task
but still wanting
to chance it

however erratically
suffusing deep sadnesses
by manically clicking and sharing...

" Not for Everyone "...

" Not for Everyone "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not for everyone like little-
watched sovereignties

as paradoxically
lavish mini-series

experiencing cut advertising
minutes during upset victories

proving to be divisive
hair-pin turns to the right

enticingly monetized
while streaming live

roughly worldwide
axes tipped sideways...

" Growing Threats "...

" Growing Threats "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Growing threats
bring home hope
as preparations "to go"

new tests showing
being set into motion
like spewing volcanoes

magma pouring
down slopes
so-called pyro-
clastic flows

consuming
millions of pests
like mosquitoes

over vast plains
of unfrozen oceans
downstream
of oxygen-depleting
green algae

blooming profusely
in renegade
wastewater outbreaks

openly set ablaze
heightening
complications

with warm embraces
of climate change
copping to trepidations
of immersive stages
from spiking
cancer rates

in blunt statements
tending to disintegrate
stipulating release
on "good behavior"

by noted hall of famers
having finished pitching
in lopsided games
while charging
into home plate...