“Falling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

“Falling”

by Suzán Jiván Mom &
Mom-Mom Suzán

Falling on deaf ears while being steered
by horned creatures left reeling
dragging lower bodies shuffling detritus
due to potential risks and benefits
of ketone levels as scientists measure
gulls’ heads during clashes everywhere
like “unfair” being laid bare
while looking ashen along blackened paths
in the midst of wildflower battles
as children strain beach sand
for baseline realities
getting nagged by laughing gulls
and divebombing from the air
tempers flaring some living nowhere
near the sea and never going near people
yet perfecting their stealing techniques
in order to feed their screeching offspring
flaring ferocity getting hotter and hotter
charting uncontainable fires
increasing lightning striking spiking
carbon dioxide rising global sacrifices
binging ‘n’ cramming with Playbills in hand
as theatrical forebears debuting plants
that talk like razed redwood forests
heaving running water performing
natural protocols yet feeling ignored
wearing flesh-matching corsets
doused with cold water for peek-a-boo joy
along with hallucinatory florals
fragrant to the core unfolding down the shore ...

“ Bracing “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

” Bracing “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Bracing
for a lively exchange
winding up tearful
and humiliated
nerves frayed feeling isolated
by damaging information
like tiny pools of patients
unwilling to suck up the pain
of a weaponized workplace
seething with manipulated data
after closing the ranks
in the outer part of a distant crater
facing poisonous snakes
shouting,“Tarnation!”
after straining with joke making
like matchmaking
with the lowest common denominator
of the far-less crazy
having parachuted into another age ...

“Set to Surge” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

“Set to Surge”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Set to surge
debuting dueling
provocateurs
abbreviated outbursts
arching brows
rapturous tryouts
feeling empowered
watching proudly
cutting patterns
from lives in the past
manically chronicling nostalgia
going “Old School”
signaling shifts where everyone fits
like brash bumpkins having turned
to trafficking and hacking
demanding ransom
after disappearing into hot air
as out-of-sorts creepy crawlies
for “never-befores” extorted by Bitcoins
via lax laws masking flaws
while lead creeps into drinking water
as a toxic new normal
littered with fallen acorns ...

“Barely” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Barely”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Barely habitable
blindsided
by rollbacks
losing ground
singled out
into deepening
shadows
while feeling
incidental contact
being sapped
by backfiring pacts
getting antsy
hitting back with pizazz
while scrambling
into the second half
as Neanderthal
strategies prevail
in jazzy drawing classes
at mural scales
staining untreated canvases
dripping from Masters
on Instagram looking batty
with the scrappiness
of a top-hatted ringmaster ...

“Little Hints” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

“Little Hints”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Little hints
from mountain cliffs
and waves of migration
meeting and marrying
sharing bits of genetic mixtures
as a fishing people raising pigs
merging burials laid down
stretched out versus crouched
transitioning from hunting
and gathering to farming
in a landscape of human variation
no mention made
of the unruly and uncurated
to turn a phrase
regarding decision making
and insatiable motivations
skillfully calibrated
as manipulations of DNA
being sliced to specification
both raw and painful
and all in vain
post contemplation ...

“Learning” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

” Learning “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Learning to take hits
and to deliver them
slamming into one another
rough and tumble
getting good results
via yards rushing
plus hitting home runs
asking, “Whom to pick
for The Presidents Cup”
after casting shadows
over bitter battles
kidnappings sniper attacks
assassins making contingency plans
by tamping down campaign trails
seeking wide round eyes
stylized noses and downturned mouths
“You flatter me!” with the ingredients
of jelly beans as citizens-to-be in brief
entertaining stories informally on the mall
point by point like watchdogs for short
reporting on large herbivore loss
in search of moisture
undulating across coral
studying habitat loss
while wearing snorkels ...

“ Thin Partitions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

“Thin Partitions”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Thin partitions hiding the rising
of “ghost kitchens” hanging shingles
digitally bedeviling deliveries
using cryptocurrencies signed,
 “No slices” while stacking up curley fries
as driver delights by using White
Monopoly bills equalling fairy tale meanies
of palm readers during holly jolly seasons
for The Three Musketeers donning hi-top sneaks
mimicking students of Socrates simultaneously
seeking the harbinger instincts of, “Uber eats” ...