" Over Coloful Years "...

" Over Colorful Years "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Over colorful years
effortless volume
Omega gold

countless hopefuls
rampant growth
natural yellow

"Let it snow
let it snow
let it snow"...

emboldening moments
blanketed by blanco
rolled into snowmen

ornamented
with coal
all in a row

so so
stoked
post solstice...

" Must-Haves "...

" Must-Haves "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Must-haves
as the coolest cats
of the, "Who?
What? Where?
and sometimes Why?"
from the world
of oversized styles

like icons
in black and white
donning pin stripes
while specializing
in fade-defying
botanical dyes
being exclusively
offered online

ignited by designer
starlights 'n' starbrights
like the first stars seen tonight
via front-row sightings

emblazoned as slinky-keen sheathes
gleaming behind-the-scenes
of high-fashion industries

fur chubbies and chunky heels
in sun-kissed mixed features
of flitting birds and buzz-kill bees
as perennial over-the-top accessories

spectacularly used en masse
interchangeably attached
knuckle-duster ring wraps...

" There's More "...

" There's More "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

There's more
in each hourlong
newly restored
spritzed audience

as wordless
and disturbingly
absurdist
streaming services

newly remastered
and expanded versions
like disastrous masterpieces
between mysterious
award-winning creatures
on screen during darling
highly cinematic scenes

via newly released
movie queens cawing
hooting and howling
rooting for crews
of incongruous
sharpshooters

trying to shake off sameness
during annual migrations
of hard-to-blame dicey gamers
with pistols blazing

being fitted with aprons
while bellyaching
going without saying
not precisely gourmet
prowling backstage...

" Defying Gravity "...

" Defying Gravity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Defying gravity
by dozing
on sandy spits
and rough-
housing
in the shallows
with cubs in tow

facing possible
extinction
while ice sheets
retreat
and bears flee
reluctantly
during whaling
season

stealing into streets
seeking meals
unable to rely on seals
during days of reckoning

like climate refugees
encompassing
polarizing eras
and widening inquiries
of carnage and fear
from worsening cruelties

being trapped in cities
sending cryptic tweets
once considered hokey
along water-soaked
coasts minus backbone
patrolling in glass-
bottom boats as fragile
floating protests...

" No Matter "...

" No Matter "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

No matter
pressed
to imagine
unsympathetic
characters

gazing straight
into cameras
skin pallid
copper locks

crimson lips
treated clinically
repeatedly nasty
yet passively
earth shattering
via snapchat

illustrating
the savage
uppers
and
downers
like inside-
out scowls
seen as
arrogance

uncomfortably
scrappy
running afoul
impacted hourly

as anarchic
champions
of repackaged
statutes
molded in
monochromatic
plastic...

" Brands and Stars "...

" Brands and Stars "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Brands and stars
as spontaneous snippets
making "all the difference"
by "going the distance"

"Go figure!" in part
as "zero" tolerance for targets
like matriarchs versus patriarchs

doing us "no favors"
while spewing
non-uniform views
of impugned poor reviews

coming in danger
of losing
tumultuous pieces
for zoot suits

watch chains
gone askew
via loosened
belt loops...

" Back to Unlikely "...

" Back to Unlikely "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Back to unlikely
by banking
on the familiarity
of built-in
verbal quirks

as the greatest non-hits
of spiced-up hipsters
being comically
topped off with pith-
helmet jingles

culminating in culled
semi-autobiographical bits
with solidly novel lingo
growing into intoxicatingly
cool "First Noel" musicals

while tempos ebb and flow
throughout holy oratorios
heard as uproariously
supportive brios
via modern-leaning harmonies
blanched by melancholic
a cappella calmness
standing starkly apart...

" Back in the Day "...

" Back in the Day "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Back in the day
seemingly quaint
yet flecked
with the profane

testing patience
penning words on paper
embodied onstage
like post election nations'
savvies backstage

mistakingly labeled
while stargazing
during authentification
of preparatory paintings

as estimated worths of donation
being placed into nomination
simultaneously drawing on slang-
slinging recommendations

sporting formal
top hats and tails
backed by jazzy
redirected passions...

" The Remaining Faces "...

" The Remaining Faces "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The remaining faces
falling out of favor
gridded lines
being achieved
by taping
in extraordinary
combinations
after global waves
from comics
and animation

via psychic
combinations
of streaky grays
and milky paints
looking opaque
and feeling fake
in pancake makeup
while vague intimations
of doom resonate...

" Like Many "...

" Like Many "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Like many
unclear whethers
spoken under
condition of anonymity
by hidden bidders
in feverish competitions

like skyline-altering refittings
funneled into exuberant
and outlandish recasted
revamped shadows

while mugging paley
in towering white
cube galleries
of quickly established
magical encounters

with strikingly varied
carriages and accents
as icy manifestos
of robotic babble
on demand

adamantly stealing
from anywhere
and everywhere
hanging in midair...

" The Lure "...

" The Lure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The lure of love
shaded
and numbered results

drawn up as plucky
heartstringed
erotic compatibilities

versus the undauntingly
sordid debauchery of our "loins"

portrayed like hardcore "porn"
opposed to softeningly warm "amor"

stretching back and forth
to the at once factual and fantastical

with the stunning impacts
of cherubial shooting arrows...

" Greatest Hits "...

" Greatest Hits "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Greatest hits
as promised gifts
starting from here

like vintage
holiday wishes
for self-portraited
contact prints
of last-minute editions

applying heavy
red lipstick
while surreally
shedding
glass tears

however briefly
within marginalized
communities fueling
conspiracy theories

while flirting
with bankruptcy
flush from
wishful thinking
and championing links

billy clubs swinging
water cannons firing
falling to your knees...

" Honed "...

" Honed "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Honed
as internal memos
by opponents
the world over

moving
not to leave
cities whole

as executions
grow globally
into cabinet posts

surrendering
young and old
to widely known
close associates

ordering deaths
by drones chic
kick-length coats

scavenged
dunce-hatted
fanatical values

surgical masks
ghoulish mascara
mirrored vanities

die-hard fans
punked
homelands

being heard as,
" A wailing
from elsewhere "...

" Abolishing Tipping "...

" Abolishing Tipping "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Abolishing tipping
flipping the switch
reflecting skills
post traditionally

while shrinking dishes
with adjustments needed
in order to feel,
" Right to the people "

demands dipping
for memorable sippings
weighing in to cheap eats

like shrinking portions
as managers of costs
no longer large and small

not always in stock
nor garnished
with fresh parsley
to counteract the garlicky...

" Ghosts of Elections Past "...

" Ghosts of Elections Past "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ghosts of elections past
as spasmatic hacking
and hanging chads
due to sporadic
info-gathering

gleaning four-year
battle breaches
via cursory searches
of cyber-insecurity
being undermined
by binary rapid fire

bitter rivals
dressed "to the nines"
while on consigment
like shabby chic
spying gone awry

idealized
"mom and apple pie"
deemed,
"dead on arrival"...

" Fresh Ideas "...

" Fresh Ideas "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fresh ideas
from split
decisions
while in crisis

determining needs
over interests
as imperceptible
limits being lifted
plus penalties
being forgiven

crying, " There's
a party going on! "
for the battle-scarred
in halter-topped costumes

tossing colossal stars
into the cosmos nonstop
all atop Holiday soapboxes...

" Separated and Bound "...

" Separated and Bound "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Separated and bound
long in the ground
long in the tooth

bare rooted
slant-lettered tombs
of insufferable blues

unceasingly reimagined
as ancestrally classical
everlasting tragedies
of undying sadnesses

cemented familial statuses
sandblasted in granite
as acronyms
of individual histories:
D.O.B., D.O.D., R.I.P.

perennially
"pushing up daisies"
fragrantly blanketed
herbaceous graves...

" Pacing the Space "...

" Pacing the Space "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pacing the space
tending the grave
revisiting language
minus explanation

oozing pain,
"What's in a name
for heaven's sake?!"
save exaggeration

neither supernatural
nor magical
sentimental value

as rhythmic
accents
gone unanswered

sudden-death
spins and catches
of awkward unawareness

instinctively dramatic
arching backwards
left lacking...

" A Latter Day "...

" A Latter Day "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A latter day
on behalf
of tattered
family fabrics

while championing
love's multiple meanings
as healing over the years

like grainy clips
appearing feverishly
along with prophetic
hand-wringings

drawing fervent
followings on
simulating
bombs dropping

under the cover
of darkness
beneath
shooting stars

dragging
on and on
via forensic
photography
post tsunami

flowing
farther
and
farther
as
intolerant
hypocrisies

receding graphically
revealing flourishings
of rejuvenative greenery

being formed
into door wreaths
of redemptive perpetuity
familially cheering,
"Hear! Hear!"...

" Rarely a Day "...

" Rarely a Day "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rarely a day
aka "The New Old Age"
acting as minor consolation

like loan-to-value ratios ranging
from "boom" to "ka-boom"
unproven to make it work

being violently shaken
to simulate "Big Bang"
vibrations in secret
acoustical chambers
of tubal ligations

left unscathed
by parachuting actuators
of fractal emanations

during a provocateur's
signature work
powerfully disturbing
spoiler alert in reserve

kept from being heard
like overburdening yearnings
of unedited excerpts

incredibly felt
immensely sexual
indelibly presented

tongue-in-cheeks
filled with intrigue
via the fashion police

while seemingly
feeling
so so fleeting

yet seen repeatedly
and entirely
out of sequence...

" Rewarding the Dogged "...

" Rewarding the Dogged "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rewarding the dogged
to the east and to the north
coming to explore

biking along
cow moose trotting off
knee-deep fiords

repurposed timber interests
glorified gravel pits
attracting visitors

deep fringes
in the distance
dipping loon and chick

suspension bridges
nascent turtle siblings
reaching for rivers

plunging
kingfishers
pointed bills...

" Sizing Up "...

" Sizing Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sizing up
hectic heads up
lushly incongruous
favorite parts
like guest stars
for third parties

lodging
in touristy
properties
becoming
known
for their pottery

but showing
decreased
occupancy
especially
with grubby
lobbies

replete with the hallmarks
of "all according"
to targeted markets

simultaneously
challenging profits
while raising the bar
by taking hostels
up a notch

as blander
bargains
both boring
and boxy
like constant
nickel-and-diming
curbside

loosely oversized
diamond
patterns of violet

knife-pleated
old vinyl
for highballs

dark chocolate
in undisguised
off time happening nightly...

" Records Erode "...

" Records Erode "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Records erode
as supposed
full disclosure
during distorted
exit polling
of embittered voters

investigating
prolonged doping
"Hello Joe!
Wadda ya know?"
"Heads will roll!"
"Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Keep dem doggies rollin'"

rolling loaded dog dice
while driving unlicensed
with suspended fuzzy dice
upon stacking the dice
while waiting for markers to arrive

like shooting a sole die
shaken six-sided
blown dice
having thrown snake eyes
multiple times...

" Might or Might Not "...

" Might or Might Not "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Might or might not
make sense
as uncompromisingly
and monumentally
stark disharmony

rarely partnering
non-responsive
hunched bodies
when the music stops
inside of pine boxes

during meandering
monologues of dishonesty
upon donning infrared goggles
and looking "icky", but harmless

like the "microremains"
of cultivated potatoes
from ancient civilizations
buried deep in purple craters
of impact basins prohibiting
mining claims all in bad faith...

" Propelling "...

" Propelling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Propelling
rumblings
while running
out screaming
into the streets
in avoidance
of falling ceilings

pavements buckling
from seismic activities
panhandlers gone missing
from plate-tectonic menacings

while giggling uneasily
in spatially surprising
gray body tights

like troubled minds
skulking from the inside
via pent-up violence

as skater like swirling glides
of counterpointed timings
being left far far behind...

" Intimacies and Mysteries "...

" Intimacies and Mysteries "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Intimacies and mysteries
sweetly befuddling
smart and stinging
blurring blending in
heartbreakingly
waiting in vain

revoltingly inhumane
being hilariously played
as outrageous
sedimentary layers
of uncontained
unexpressed amazement
and rage in trick-taking-
home-state card games

Skippo, Uno, Crazy Eights
shuffling bravely
simple-yet-audacious
tensions created
discarded counted cards
dishonest kinetic responses
out-flung arms..

" In Honor "...

" In Honor "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In honor
of the dearly departed
after a call to artists
for museum dioramas

via swipes and taps
of offered facts
for foam-and-fiberglass
Blue Whales

swabbed
with philanthropic
long handles head to tail
with timeworn artifacts
of hand-held virtual reality

like shown-off apps
for taxidermied animals
as aberrant extinct examples
under glass in shaded squares
both before and after...

" At That Tender Age "...

" At That Tender Age "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

At that tender age
just as breathtaking
tearing through barricades

creatively incubating
fruitful collaborations
yellow ropes straining
in unexpected ways

like Fat Tuesday parades
of huge floating cranes
for tulip-balloon bouquets

waiving payment
via exhibition wall labels
of closely related
mammalian navels
being Blue-Tooth operated

labyrinthine mazes
digitally based
internet cafés...

" Victory Parties "...

" Victory Parties "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Victory parties
like Hitchcockian
"believe it or nots"
being housed
beneath blue tarps
left unstocked

simultaneously
tracking scarlet dots:
" Red sky at night--
a sailor's delight;
red sky in mourning--
a sailor's warning"

constantly sporting
ramshackle awfuls
via fall-down
intergalactical
kamikaze contours

donning collar-blocked
pull-through scarves
spiraling clockwise
top-to-bottom...

" Going All Wrong "...

" Going All Wrong "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Going
all wrong
for famous
causes
like pawns
on chess boards

rooks bishops
queen and king
walrus ivory
having survived
medieval periods
in the presence
of wealthy people
via kite-shaped shields

knights
once isolated
in Iceland
wild-eyed
battle cries
being indicated
in red and white
in order
to distinguish
opposing sides

carved
with ferocity
unearthed
whales' teeth
offering
world-wide
delivery...

" Listening In "

" Listening In "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Listening in,
"Snap Out of It!!!"
Chatty Cathy
Betsy Wetsy
Baby Joey
Barbie
Raggedy Ann
& Andy

no appetites
for families
car gadgetry
hydroponic
kryptonite
no choice
but to comply

leveraging
treaty rights
red-lining
pipelines
via strong
business ties...

" It's Official "...

" It's Official "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It's official
the balance
has shifted
to redefined
missions
as, "footprints
shrinking"

being driven to upper stories
while "King" tides collide
along stormy shorelines
to the tune of "Super" moons
whose authenticity
has gone lunarly undisputed

having answered
" true or false "
to "multiple choice"
but ultimately
selected as,
"none of the above"

"Gone fishing"
"Out to lunch"
puller musher
hang ups
chowing down
guzzling punches
gone slumming
"Knock Knock"
"Whose there ?!?"...

" Globe-Shaking "...

" Globe-Shaking "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Globe-shaking
climate-controlled
snow domes of olde

persistent blizzards
nuclear winters
holocaustical
dirty bombs

strategic
delivery
systems
renegade
atomic
dictators

terrifying
non-nuke
answers
losing
control
decoded
commands

Cold Wars
gone "baah"
via myriads
of triads
as un-
determined
radioactive
lifespans

satellite
tracking
data
temperatures
dropping fast
glass-blown
forced-air...