“I’d Really Rather Not” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

“ I’d Really Rather Not “

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

I’d really rather not
well, “La-di-da!”
still popular at beach bars 
with no cause for alarm
like four seven-ton clocks
with bumps on a log
competing in a down-hill slalom 
“Close but no cigar!”
Jacks-in-their-boxes
reading, “Help Wanted”
for prima donnas on red carpets 
getting hot under the collar 
feeling in need of a barn topper 
as a counterpart to a Sushi bar 
with a Teflon Don in a cookie jar 
offered at body shops
for first responders 
only two feet apart 
while, “Buying the farm”
so to speak “Oh Hogwash!” ...