" Making Resolutions "...

" Making Resolutions "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Making resolutions
ringing out the old
via fitness pros for hangovers
as widely shared posts
for social growth the world over

expecting to reopen
letting truths be told
like conceded notions
being provokingly retweeted
by irrational regimes minus unity

with the hopes of winning big
but costing a great deal
beefing up hostilities
unceremoniously screaming,
" TALK IS CHEAP!!! "...

" On the Brink "...

" On the Brink "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the brink
aching for people

torn over refugees
during biting winter evenings

being deprived of sleep
outlasting repeals

for the intrinsically
weak at the wheel

traveling out to sea
while experiencing ocean warming

like yellowtail black sea bass
herring and mackerel

as mismatched catches
for pining activists

barring the miraculous
coming out of smokestacks

via gargantuan plants
all at a fraction

upon reaching
critical mass...

" Boding "...

" Boding "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Boding
kicking
slumping

notoriously
bleak
curtailed
appeals

renewed
inquiries
deteriorating
leads

coming
face to face
in the field

guts and glory
sawed off
looking small

recently recalled
sounding off
all the more

upon finding flaws
via fountains
of tortoises

murmuring softly
scarcely forlorn
more deplorable

nights before
sadly at war
crowds overall

sweeping across
swarming lighted torches
held aloft...

" A Wellspring "...

" A Wellspring "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A wellspring
warmth delicacy
sparkling sweetness
mercifully far-reaching
themes of inescapability

agingly bittersweet
via tugging heartstrings
spawning little recourse
in no particular order

squelching disappointments
for the already careworn
warts and all bulldoggishly haunting
anything but extraordinary

inaccurately abstract simply flattened
at first glance bound by gravity
as a constant companion
compulsively re-enacted
by the holding of hands...

" The Waterfront "...

" The Waterfront "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The waterfront belly up
achingly next to nothing

abandoned publically
warm winds whipping

hazard lights blinking
completely out of sequence

increasingly and accordingly
breaking towards warping doors

seized by poisons via unheard voices
voided of thoughts craggy vaults

hobbled walls minuscule dew drops falling
into monsoon torrents...

" Urged On "...

" Urged On "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Urged on
to upper echelons
donning
the period garb
of microbiology
miming dialogue
going viral via piracy

enveloping puff pastry
and glazed dates homemade
and highly praised
by caterers and crepe makers
for freelance film takers

ensconced
on staircases
becoming
rarer by the day
recessed
off of the nave
as a crazed
style location workplace
in between generations
of austere Chardonnays

onerously craved
difficult to detain
like snarling rage
exposed
and desiccated
in the light
of climate change
heads shaved
birds-of-prey gazing
eyebrows raised...

" An Unlimited Number "...

" An Unlimited Number "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An unlimited
number
of wild ones
coming to life
while running
out of time
via bona fide
hardliners

barely verifiable
saying something like,
"Closed 'til further notice"
illegally downloading
the grandiose as a sole motive
shouting , "Don't come any closer!"
Who goes there? Friend or foe?"
not always heard "in go mode"

feeling compelled to do so
like relative unknowns
along straight-and-narrows
of smoked egg yolks
compressed mangoes
being roasted over abalone

in praise of clean flavors
very slender and slightly freckled
pop-culture obsessed two-plate specials
lowly shipmates' hall of famers
more cooler than slang "You don't say!"...