“Glossing Over”

 “Glossing Over”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Glossing over gruesome details 

leaving the obvious vague via a mystic faith 

luminous faces re-created simplified shapes 

justifying aims in states of nature …

“Stopping to Ponder”

 “Stopping to Ponder”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Stopping to ponder

mysterious markings 

twin qualities of high art

like plant life in a park

seen through goggles

of borrowed larded concepts

processed as interlocking camouflage…

“Implying Time”

 “Implying Time”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Implying time material technique 

great deeds pure energy shaping society 

gnawing at forms disappearing 

before long into mirrored metaphors…

“Hard to Believe”

 “Hard to Believe”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Hard to believe wholly cerebral fields 

of broken glass as angular fragments 

of unique matter like creative powers 

made entirely of detached overlapping scraps

surpassing dovetailed colossal statues …

“Merely Labels”

 “Merely Labels”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Merely labels aka nicknames 

erroneously going astray

wayward mislaid 

left whistling down the lane 

approaching Old Age …

“An Atmosphere”

 “An Atmosphere”

for Ellen 

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

An atmosphere

of affinity and influence

against the frivolous

urging to reform our ills 

with aesthetic sensibilities

peacefully sleeping beneath

silvery lunar beams of healing …

“Like Nicknames”

 “Like Nicknames”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán

Like nicknames avatars tags 

members of a clan in a fairy tale 

made up of itty-bitty bits of matter 

written in a final draft 

reading, “It’s all good, my man!” …