“ Upticks “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“ Upticks “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Upticks
reduced
to small bits
with big
shoes to fill
lacking
in people skills
exceeding
speed limits
racing
downstairs for drinks
“ Silly me! “
listing sweetly
yet not defiantly
by harkening
back to the 60’s
while singing
zigzagging melodies
a la analog geeks
now unseemly
so homey
pained and potent
like an interwoven drone
thickly textured
and harshly toned
via loudly unfolding notes
and background vocals
radiating the entire focus
with the dumbfounding gusto
of showy concertos
by best-known jazz composers...