Beneath a Midnight Sky

 “The Ocean Has Always Glowed” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  The ocean has always glowed/mysteries coming to be/as concentrations of living things/gruesome creatures/inky deep/needle-like teeth/gleaming bacteria/ over long periods/comb jellies/rough sketches/rhythmic stingers/feathery cilia/sweeping the sea/gliding shimmering/bluish greenish/fingerprinting/staggering diversity/open stretches of the deep/tiny infinities…

 “Signaling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Signaling dwindling support /lingering criminal inquiries/calling for impeachment/due to demeaning sexual misdeeds/toggling between being shielded from accountability/and fueling, “the creepy”/as a sort of, “wink-wink”/practicing lurid, “tongue-in-cheek/exerting the shrewd instincts/of a celebrated figure/coming under heated scrutiny/at a fever pitch/yet refusing to give, “even an inch” …