" Sometimes Un-Realized "...

" Sometimes Un-Realized "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sometimes un-realized
while tensions rise
along unjustifyingly
hardline high profiles
with no exit signs in sight

yet seen proceeding
counterclockwise
from top right

while simultaneously
attempting to shed light
on high-volume
reputed decline

at high decibel levels
of underground elements
becoming recklessly
heedless of consequences

like comically self-obsessed
unmolested never-ending
senses of helplessness

left unexpressed
lacking in contempt
for pseudo-harmless
no comments...

" Altered If Not Reborn "...

" Altered If Not Reborn "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Altered if not reborn
by cruel taunts
of supposed
"law and order"

while demonstrating
pressing needs
for judicial changes
by flag-waving
parading delegations

spurring outrage
in crime waves
of poor faith
from deranged
candidates feigning
rigged election days

while pre-tallying
who gets saved
frame-by-frame
by star-spangled
naysayers
in closing
ceremonies
of exploding
incarceration rates...

" Playing Out "...

" Playing Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Playing out in tiny
ordered lines by starlight
post disastrous air strikes

still staring
into consumer classes
like sci-fi fantasies
over lands and seas
of umsustainability

still rummaging
through rubbly shatterings
as amassings
of the nightmarishly ghastly
irreconcilable brandings
of the collaboratively panicky

while wearing meticulously
silk-screened oversized T's
being marketed with universal appeal...

" At Least As Well "...

" At Least As Well "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

At least as well
after raising questions
in order to tame threats

using outside methods
of incredible members
seeking tempering
from exposed inequities

while lending efforts
of experts
to greater effect

claiming medals
for the far-better
competitors

having been kept
on message
boasting of successes

with the built-in flexes
of inevitable
indescrepent meddling...

" Unlikely Places "...

" Unlikely Places "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unlikely places
seeking aid
ignoring rape

phone calls made
wars raging
opposing candidates

big things awaited
getting frank
like flagging nations
in full-voiced condemnation
from worlds away

while re-hearsing plays
steamy and weighty
light and angels

losses of faith
in the early days
of "whatever" the case
as reciprocation
for patronage

being hiked
further and further
up the waist
revealing painterly
nearly naked saints...

"Fully Developing Empathy"...

"  Fully Developing Empathy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fully developing empathy
It's all about, "them"!
like character development
from grown-up memories
front and center if and when

with knacks for the romantic
as sports casters' strawberry-
blonde hair sticking every landing

clawing back lifting flailing
months after multifaceted talents
as prowess and challenge

being left only to chance
during pageantry's
sports sequined jackets

breakdancing avidly
in day-to-day gaits
claiming  famed
fool-proof ways
scaling skyscrapers...

" In a Marathon "...

" In a Marathon "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a marathon
of denied plots
still operating
as conversational
statements

constantly
being monitored
by the unorthodoxy
of hardscrabble policies

via mission-creeping
unremarkably
high-echelon parties

rigidly clinging
to the low self esteem
from making flip-
flopping promises
to the downtrodden
and unwanted

played in C sharp
repeated in every bar
feeling unresolved

having gone beyond
being besotted
by perennially arching
verbal blossoms
of pendant bleeding hearts...

"Recognizing and Recreating "...

" Recognizing
and Recreating "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Recognizing
and recreating:
"How's it made?"

like formulaic 
liquid crystals
and transistors 
manufacturing
tooth picks
and magnets 

being made 
matter-of-factly
as the most-mundane 
treasured creations 
in combination
with comforting
sameness 

after cutting
and shaping 
risky alienations
setting off
waverings 
in swing states

post fueled
debates
using faced-off
indications 
having already
taken the bait...

" Early Speech Utterings"...

"Early Speech Utterings"

by Suzán Jiván 

Mom & Mom-

Mom Suzán

Early speech utterings

"Where birdie go?

Use morrow

Lemme do again

I going drop it

I got someping

Why you knocking me off?

Dat's mines

Dis part broke

mouth open

What is dat?

What is dis?

What innere?

yep, it fit!"

adding credence

to the argument

of informal importance

by flipping the script

using single words 

symbolizing beginnings

of nebulously complex

yet brief sentences

being directed 

towards someone else

as actual sounds

accidentally produced

while babbling...

" Afforded Greater Scope "...

" Afforded Greater Scope "

by Suzán Jiván 

Mom & Mom-

Mom Suzán 

Afforded greater scope

well-known versus the unknown

as "Oh nos!" or "You so-and-sos!"

after falling short of the harmonious

by promoting narrow twisted growth 

like crude notions taking tolls

in slow motion going solely

moment-to-moment polling 

over and over "Yea" or "Nay"

"Yea" or "Nay" "Yea" or "Nay"

determining the bases

of our day-to-day

all "in good faith"...