“Found Naturally”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
“Found Naturally”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
“It’s Just a Thought”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
It’s just a thought
an act of thinking of ponderings
taking heed
making hypotheses as needed …
“Slightly Better”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Slightly better
a smidgeon
a teeny-tiny bit
just a smidge
a scintilla
simply a whit …
“What You’re Asking”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
What you’re asking
beginning from the tip
of your tongue
as a once twisty puzzle
adding up to tiny bits
of strictly limited income
minimally offered visually …
“Coded Messages”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Coded measures
“Ready, Set, Go”
like a memento
between the letters
“Oh and Cue”
as seen as a starred clue …
“Musical Measures”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Musical measures
“Ready, set, go!”
“Now I get it!”
with all the planned rests
until the very end …
“Semper Gumby”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
“Semper Gumby”
“always flexible ”
learning lessons
textbook sections
screen time sessions
online networks
weekly access
spelling contests
word inventions …
“Smug Expressions”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Smug expressions
versus gentle attention-getters
having made amends
at the beginning and at the end
like sensitive litmus tests
as administered by credible editors
of especially tenable introspection…
“Fairly Unforgettable”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Fairly unforgettable
as autocomplete snippets
ingesting billions of nearly everything
delving deeply warming up quickly
surpassing human proficiency
riddling free speech
dooming the savvy of actuality
via A.I.s’ opining while writing,
“What do you mean I’m not right?!”
“Toughening Measures”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Toughening measures in the flesh
there’s no ignoring them as a growing trend
for tackling thorny questions
by deciphering that satellites might help
to track carbon pledges plus reinvent
rescinding medals for no-knead bread
at performance centers …
“Gnarled Neurons”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Gnarled neurons
central complexes
full-stop landmarked
sensory bodies
hypothesized by wire
while leading rich lives
in the pipeline entitled,
“How to Breed Fruit Flies”
by choosing white or red eyes
for timed-just-right space flight …
“Knowingly of Unknowingly”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Knowingly or unknowingly
together or separately
elsewhere or nowhere
poverty or wealth
boosted versus busted
neither heaven nor hell
perpetually off center …
“Point-by-Point”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Point-by-point
frantically restoring
shattered norms
curbing the use of force
resorting to reforming laws
as offered on the floor
staying the course
with full support …
“Poised”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Poised to pass nearly every budget facet
for power grids climate risks
and aging public projects
touching the economy
in the hundreds of billions
jockeying to unlock razor-thin margins
playing Congressional scramble and cribbage
well into the trillions …
“Suffering”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Suffering struggling
skeptically upended by a rapid spread
wanting to be “done” with this pandemic
as new infections collide again
conceding to anonymity as a strategy
relinquishing identity
repeatedly questioning, “Who me?!” …
“Enormous”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Enormous online audiences/millions of followers/massively growing awareness/moving fast urgently challenging getting vaxed/avoiding the backlash/as an asymmetrical passion for the veracity of powerful questions and answers/ultimately broadcasting,“It’s the facts of the vax that matter!”
“Breaking”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Breaking partisan gridlock
after weeks of wrangling
taking action on a trillion dollar package
teaming with Democrats if enacted
hailing bridges and broadband
after forging public projects
covering Congress …
by Suzán Jiván
for Ben
On the rise
like a sublime
timetable
cited as desire
cross-fertilized
by longtime
and big-time
delights
digitized
worldwide...
by Suzán Jiván
for Ben
Skipping over
cherry-picked
intelligence
while sidestepping
inevitable questions
as a vain attempt
to settle into the center
of seeming benigness
spiked by anxiety...