“ Amid Rifts “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Amid Rifts “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Amid rifts in acting capacities
covertly listed listening in
to impulsive instincts copping out
with irrevocable differences
during leaked off-the-record briefings
being blindsided by fuzzy-eyed diplomacy
“ Your services are no longer needed “
sent via last-minute Tweets
ending suddenly and brutally
with absolutely no daylight in between
saying, “Successors coming next week”
goose stepping with the Commander in Chief
sporting huge appetites for big deals
fearing festering in ad-libbed obscurity
acting off-kilter in grainily elegiac
“Theater of the Absurd” plays
performing unscripted “D.O.A.’s”
making secret funeral arrangements ...