" Leader or Dissenter? "...

" Leader or Dissenter? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Leader or dissenter
more and better
addressed
and unaddressed
questions

unparalleled
imperiled
amendments

like obese people
being left untreated
in election years
of  "What Ifs?"

as blue chips
versus falling chips
while handing out stickers
to right-and-left leaning
ping-ponging citizenries

demonstrating
at commencement speeches
repeatedly chanting
" It Can't Happen Here "...

" Transformations "...

" Transformations "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Transformations
in dank doorways
of fractious neighbors

being harassed
feeling intimidated
armed and dangerous

reframing equations
via military training
and inflammatory statements
from presidential candidates
in must-win states

spoken prior to debates
to be televised "live" on cable
underscoring broadcast limitations
of artillery-altered landscapes

like hidden cities in vast regions
with rare figurines of infertility
"ice-free" defying "the easy"

well within proximity to jet streams
of  public apologies
polling nothing like a "good cry"
pushed off to the side
while bullets fly...

" Bending the Rules "...

" Bending the Rules "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Bending the rules
with corrosive rumors
of short-form birthers

being turned on and off
while hawking
fraudulent cure-alls

via flimsy forces
during free-for-alls
in paisley uniforms
for the long haul

still lacking  in endorsements
from the branding masters
of fiction classes seen as
flashes-in-the-pan...

" Scant Talk "...

" Scant Talk "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scant talk
walking the walk
wrapped in gauze

scratching for answers
to distant disasters
along lengthening
campaign trails

fans whirling
strung from rafters
like spare actions
in lost lands

as crass bonus tracks
gone 'a' wailing
finances failing
all on a dare...

" Putting Big Goals "...

" Putting Big Goals "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Putting big goals
into question
with few friends
of artificial
intelligence

while devising
real ethics
for real estate
developers

feigning liquid
investments
as invaluable gems

swirling in eddies
of single specimens
lapping at the edges

brought together
by dispersed sections
of lasting impressions
reconnected by ferry
only on weekends...

" Now Mum "...

" Now Mum "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Now mum
having been
tripped up
by the rifts
in filled-
up prisons

being built
to limit risks
on behalf
of the hardly bashful
and barely wary

after leaving
nothing to chance
like billionaires
secretly clashing
regarding cash
as immortality

while scandalously planning
to issue tasers to staffers
being funded by backers
of morbid anatomy...

" Waiting for Life "...

" Waitimg for Life "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Waiting for life
to restart
with ardency

while stifling
speech
post crises

in a quaking
intergenerational
cyberspace

already being
put in its place
by hacked campaigns

unable to save
the deeply betrayed
turning angry

yet open to debate
with reservations
regarding
reconciliation to date

via escalating
online gaming
gang ties dangling...