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“Space Is Shaken”

 “Space Is Shaken” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Space is shaken downplaying dangers  requiring complicated cooperation from clichés like “ Between a rock and a hard place”  negotiations threatening confrontations  and accusations imposing sanctions  remarking, “Conditions have really changed!” as web-based catchphrases gain favor  from “Way back in the day!” …

“Telling Gestures”

 “Telling Gestures” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Telling gestures overheard mentions  harrowing effects morning dread  unspeakable peril jettisoning ourselves  as adventurers never wanting to remember  our delusional rootlessness…

“Winnowing Staffs”

 “Winnowing Staffs” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Winnowing staffs operations canceled  beds lacking schedules scrambled  coming into contact with variants  like past walkie-talkie bands  for ailing members of the fam  no longer “rolling out the barrel” breaking down empty casks …

“Holding Up”

 “Holding Up” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Holding up an unsparing mirror/re-emerging unflatteringly panicked and angry/talking of stark stories/offering challenging audiences harsh thoughts on the floor/in forced monotone voices/assembling particularly pointed law enforcement officers/being pressed by rapid-fire questions/recommending charges of contempt/as criminal penalties hang overhead …

“Rendered in Bytes”

 “Rendered in Bytes” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Rendered in bytes/rooted in dystopia/as opposed to utopia/embodying our encumbered worlds/churning all at once/falling atop tall mental hurdles/devaluing all real persons/becoming bunched up outside of one another/ultimately surging within an impersonal virtual flood tide of forgotten lost lives …

“Growing Tiring”

 “Growing Tiring” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Growing tiring/digital plays in isolation/becoming as exciting as fireworks/ following months of streaming/almost feeling like being imprisoned/released into timid outings/post pent-up urgency/whipped into frenzies/conceived as overreach /then rethinking lip-syncing as a future possibility/ determined to be disguised tragedy/offering laugh rioting in the finale …

“Knowing Where and How”

 “Knowing Where and How” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Knowing where and how/to detect unprecedented pandemic levels/spreading overwhelmingly/yet, the world isn’t ready/coming down to less than a millionth of a second/being emphasized over and over again/generating lethal infections/via tiny droplet trajectories/with exceptionally unsettling poor senses of direction …

“Nearing the End”

 “Nearing the End” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Nearing the end  effectively turning into a desert  as climate-change skeptics  gaslight weather temps and ice melts  hiding in plain sight  while moving against the surging tide  of a rising warming cycle  being pirated by an expiring afterlife …