"Most Obviously"...

" Most Obviously "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Most obviously
or maybe
almost single-
handedly

averting
glass ceilings
as mini-series
fizzling and flopping
at the very least

sun-bleached features
of shrieking devotees
constructing cushy digs
as all-too conniving

easily becoming mean
and denying turning
over new leaves
feeling naïve
while making jokes
out of everything

minus back stories
during seemingly
modern barrages
of dialogue

under the premises
of the present
coming down
to the hour

as slightly
scattered
throwbacks
being told to go
back to go...

Silhouetted

" Silhouetted "

by Suzan Jivan

Interior lives
pincushions and scissors
stitching rictus grins
into juxtaposition
with evocative and vaguely
suspenseful emptinesses
darkly silhouetted.

Loop-by-loop

" Loop-by-loop "

by Suzan Jivan

Eye-catching minutiae
under one roof
skein by skein
thread by thread
loop by loop
beyond the unproven
ruling of pinch-
waisted side seats
and elegantly tensile
love seats mixed in with
double-seated setees
for twice the intimacy.

Windswept

" Windswept "

by Suzan Jivan

Exposing our own
always-known
older holdings
of monumental stones
worked up closely
and sharply-focused
within windswept connections.

Seeds

" Seeds "

by Suzan Jivan

Seeds
of our
current needs
in late
summer weeks
vividly regal
floor-to-ceiling
masterpieces
of shaved ice
in subway rides
of genteel genres
into largess.

Pinwheels

" Pinwheels "

by Suzan Jivan

Paper pinwheels in seraphim
vivid but peripheral artistic intimacy
of what we may never see
small isn't small after all.

Golden

" Golden "

by Suzan Jivan

Bathed in light
golden and honeyed
within city limits
a collection hidden
in deficits of prowess
weight-lifted acrobats
tumble and balance
somersault and flex
within lordly halls'
versions of awesome.