Enormity

" Enormity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A source of solace
for the deeply bereaved
signposted
by the enormity
of a shored up
walled off fortress.

Hilarities

" Hilarities "

by Suzán Jiván

Giddy velocity
and crackpot
vitality evolve
from a melée
of ingrained
familiarly
abstracted
hilarities.

Opening

" Opening "

by Suzán Jiván

In the opening stretch
between writing lines
and the bottom line
is a manifestation
eclipsed by
black and white
in full-blown color.

Endemic Surrender

" Endemic Surrender "

by Suzán Jiván

Condemned efforts
of expletives
within culturally-
split labyrinths
deepen the recessions
of endemic surrender.

Conjure

" Conjure "

by Suzán Jiván

A creative
artist's touch
conjures up
magicianal
libidinal lust.

Soul-Baring

" Soul-Baring "

by Suzán Jivân

Soul-baring gadgetry
behind plastic flaps
and pianissimo strings
stands out starkly
against the harshly
imponderable.

Difficulty

" Difficulty "

by Suzán Jiván

Difficulty
mustering up
a recovery
from the far-flung
insufferable.

Most Likely

" Most Likely "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Most likely the end
of the high-end
and the top-of-the-line
presented as a kind
of kissing and sipping
of fine wine
with a chin jerking wildly
and a lip quivering quietly.

Stalwart

" Stalwart "

by Suzán Jiván

A stalwart discourse
of daunting loss
spoken along
an aromatic course
of umbelliferous stands
of fragrant coriander.

Harmony

" Harmony "

by Suzán Jiván

Puckish pauses
in modernist harmony
hint at double-fisted
rustling metallic cymbals.

Undertaking

" Undertaking "

by Suzán Jiván

Feeling the profound sense
of a stunning development
while taking an oath
to uphold the undertaking
of making the case
for upping high-
wagered stakes.

Concoction

" Concoction "

by Suzán Jiván

Nuanced art is a composite
benchmark hardened
from the frothy concoction
of eclectical intellect mixed
in with an elemental suspension.

Reactive

" Reactive "

by Suzán Jiván

Reactive redness
looking good for less
as a legend
now and forever when
all shades are welcome
even on the fly.

Glee

" Glee "

by Suzán Jiván

Increasingly symbiotic
hawks and watch dogs
in the slapstick shtick
of trendonistas
still flocking
to the volatile
androgyny
of tongue-
in-cheek glee.

Analytical

" Analytical "

by Suzán Jiván

Diverging profoundly
shouting back at prickly plants
with the analytical finality
of bumps on a branch.

Progression

" Progression "

by Suzán Jiván

Feet planted
on suppleness
instead of heft
in a central
chord progression.

Set Backs

" Set Backs "

by Suzán Jiván

Set backs
stretched out
ravaged
adept at
scavenging
at a late date.

Spectrum

" Spectrum "

by Suzán Jiván

Spectrum cut with little-known love
of a co-production of struggle
in reconstruction from a violent pulse.

Aspirations

" Aspirations "

by Suzán Jiván

Hyperventilation
has been
minimally debasing
as regurgitated days
sustain heightened
aspirations.

Constriction

" Constriction "

by Suzán Jiván

The whole thing barely fits
into a lavish vision
in a shallow constriction
of obstreperous gifts.

Scribbles and Drips

" Scribbles and Drips "

by Suzán Jiván

Stated simply with scribbles and drips
not too threatening or unfamiliar.

Snakeroot

" Snakeroot "

by Suzán Jiván

Snakeroot
white, rayless
tiny seed-like
dangling.

Subdued Nature

" Subdued Nature "

by Suzán Jiván

Many a decade dedicated
to exploring the strengths
of delicate structural frames
exhibited in the inaugural
space of a subdued nature.

Crossing

" Crossing "

by Suzán Jiván

Crossing a quirky blurry line
drawn to ease insecurities
with a distinctive nib.

Causing a Stir

" Causing a Stir "

by Suzán Jiván

Causing a stir slangily
singing the praises
of simply erasing
remaining poor ratings.

Unaware

" Unaware "

by Suzán Jiván

One man
on feet and hands
going to stand
in a performance-
enhanced
rhythmic dance
unaware.

Spendthrifts

" Spendthrifts "

by Suzán Jiván

Far flung off-kilter clannish sisters
closely mirrored nouveau-riche
buffed and polished spendthrifts.

Apotheosis

" Apotheosis "

by Suzán Jiván

Underscoring over and over
a turnabout of overtures
toward the apotheosis
of the bravado.

Bravado

" Bravado "

by Suzán Jiván

Robust funereal role
sneering nasal-toned
endgame bravado.

Gone Astray

" Gone Astray "

by Suzán Jiván

Gone astray
unusually
belabored
dual stasis
repurposed
and updated.

Innovation

" Innovation "

by Suzán Jiván

A diverse array
in the singular space
of major undertakings
uncovers multilayers
of jarring innovation.

Parallel

" Parallel "

by Suzán Jiván

Parallel rows of rolling
swells midocean
mostly known
as salty devotion.

Terrain

" Terraine "

by Suzán Jiván

Much the same -
meanwhile the cycle
of long-relished
abundantly evident
hyper-extended
intense eloquence
curvaceously
undulates
on new terrain.

Fraught

" Fraught "

by Suzán Jiván

A newly-imagined past
as a utopian fantasy
perfectly fraught
with a clenched jaw.

Hardest

" Hardest "

by Suzán Jiván

A cheeky mix
gorgeous slouchy
hardest trick
silhouetted fringe.

Sweetest

" Sweetest "

by Suzán Jiván

The sweetest
thing
to be
crinkled
after pouffy
weeks
of possibilities.

Stressed

" Stressed "

by Suzán Jiván

Small but telling
tangible sense
just overhead
stressed boundlessness.

Leaked

" Leaked "

by Suzán Jiván

Trickling out in drips
among a dizzying
still-seething repeal
of leaked possibilities.

More Caution

" More Caution "

by Suzán Jiván

More caution
often applauded
due to performance
mining the core.

Quickened

" Quickened "

by Suzán Jiván

With a quickened
sense of femininity
especially evident
with lithe bodies lent
to reflecting quests
amongst themselves.

Bump and Grind

" Bump and Grind "

by Suzán Jiván

Feeling like
bump and grind
for a time
in otherwise
miming lives.

Still Gripped

" Still Gripped "

by Suzán Jiván

Still gripped
by memories
overwhelmed
by skeptics
addressing
make-or-break tests
pleading for lesser.

Retracing

" Retracing "

by Suzán Jiván

Eagerly retracing
the treads of inventively
rejiggered oddities
easily qualifying
as hints at the heights.

Respectful

" Respectful "

by Suzán Jiván

Respectful without being reverent
slumming in an encrusted
good-looking production
of exactly-matching
marquee appeals
passed up quickly.

Paradoxical

" Paradoxical "

by Suzán Jiván

Paradoxical one-shots
and shoulda-beens
of dismissive simplicity
elicit myths spoken with
ringing delivery and tinkling topspin.

Timing

" Timing "

by Suzán Jiván

The timing was striking
ringed by concertina wire
seemingly likely to take sides
jeopardizing fragile ties.