" 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...