Beneath a Midnight Sky

 “Unreasoning Fear” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Unreasoning fear echoing screams   erotic anxiety senses of tragedy  static moments of passion  restless circumstance conjoined balance   simple humanity …

 “Feels Like” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Feels like erasure over decades  narrow highways single lanes abbreviated parades over generations of freed slaves in a fast-growing state  scoring complaints fewer floats  closed roads undertones of run-over traffic cones …

 “Entrancing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Entrancing senses of mayhem glimmering with sweat  circular energy endurance tests big-tent’s ascent  sonic bodies among bodies shrieks clouded in smoke   full blown out of control confounding culted heroes  …

 “ Curtailing ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Curtailing shrinking limiting trimming dwindling lopping restricting restraining truncating food aid famishing greed cruelty malice savagery inhumanity

 “Some Sort or Other” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Some sort or other superstition religion intermixed bored uninformed  coursing inner thoughts  gazing over hazed name plates left in isolation uncompromisingly  pushed to one side beneath a viral  wind-picked night sky …

 “ Point to Point ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Point to point deep sliding beyond silence black light eyes front gazing inward  ending up hand to hand walking  round and round into the square …

 “ Tinged ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Tinged with respect no need for apologies  not breathing feeling weary  wiping eyes blessings set aside lapsing into silence  the gate banging back  cut flowers scented oblivion …

 “Sometimes” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Sometimes bewildered distracted  meant to be read out loud  startlingly foreseeing experience  as the hard work of ancestry  bridging the gaps between  the old and the new forever regrouped into a superfluous future  …

 “ Testing the Boundaries ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Testing the boundaries on the cusp of failure   being linked to similarities and probabilities becoming less and less surprising  aspiring to the limelight despite  practicality as the center of life feeling flat and dry in need of side-by-side delight …

 “ Dug In ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Dug in humble emboldened embraced immovable shapes twisted faces  heads shaved voices raised held breaths …

“ Hardening Hallmarks ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Hardening hallmarks stubbornness resignation cultural confinement   crowded out overcast fragments   granular sand …

 “Crystallized”  for my niece, Sandy Jean by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Crystallized flashing lights streaking across the deep night sky being likened to the awards  and miseries of desire anxieties turn benign experiencing life  unjustly remembered as rightful …

 “Flickering” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Flickering indistinctly/inevitably dreary/tapering chimneys/engines whistling/twiggy trees/ragged cabbages/smooth black hair/parted exactly/getting darker/thick and hard/turning towards the yard/cheery airy manners/tea cups glinting in the shadows …

 “Growing Faint” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Growing faint picking a way  along a weedy path  fireflies’ tiny green lamps  flashing in the cool damp air  voices chanting heads thrown back…

 “Uneven” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Uneven stretched out hazed over  talking in bed lying together  as senses of emptiness whisper distress  under curling curtain edges  light strengthens slowly shown on steps …

 “Nothing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Nothing going on not worth stopping  in the dark all belief well gone  into the restless silence of innocence  neither before nor after having left  the garden bereft incensed …

 “Waiting” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Waiting dark glasses hair frizzed out among friends  resting eventually remembering  in a roundabout way yet forgetting who we were then bursting into tears …

 “Rapid Clouds” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Rapid clouds/leaves swirling around/oceans heaving deep musings midnight moon/streaking darkness dream-poisoned sleep/dreary mystery/heard and seen waxing and waning/as a dying flame …

 “Beneath the Moon” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Beneath the moon gathering winds darkness descending glazed and cold silent home Autumn floating  clouded shadows streaking musings  powers unseen …

 “Sliding through Side Streets” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Sliding through side streets onto the on-ramp toward the snowy- white bright lights of downtown slapping the steering wheel depressing the pedal fishtailing  past coal-eyed families…

 “Spending the Night” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Spending the night finding  myself within minutes of blind optimism with twinkling eyes over lunar time hearing punch lines stifled smiles blinking beer signs well past midnight …

 “Out of the Corner of My Eye” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Out of the corner of my eye  fleeting sights fragility fatigue  the magic is dying  along with the flying fish  in the Java Sea exceeding sustainability  losing comfort and meaning  to a large degree  needing to get real  in parts per million …

 “An Angled Edge” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán An angled edge over centuries  mislead thrown off the scent  truth stretched perjured oneself  over seller played pretend  over and over again…

“A Combination” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán’s  A combination of preservation and polish at the heart of shiplap cedar versus redwood tongue-and-groove as somewhat  “newish”  venues upstaged by raccoons and dueling  production crews beneath waning moons …

 “Rings of Fire” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Rings of fire walls of water  sirens going off inundated shores massive evacuation orders  churning forces damage galore …

 “Gone Phishing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Gone phishing hook-line-and-sinker snickered suckered hoodwinked  fleeced flimflammed hornswaggled  scammed diddled gypped reeled in …

 “Gonna Pass” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Gonna pass doin’ lapse throwbacks  rolled back retroacted set back  backlashed boomeranged ricocheted double taken escaped remade …

 “Get Outta Here!” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Get outta here! bug off buzz off  nod off drop off conk out go out like a light across  the great divide night night …

 “Looks Like It’s Settled!” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Looks like it’s settled! having caused one NOT to remember resemblances  to long-standing parallels  barely based on facts preferring fantasy  with little or no knowledge  or awareness of a pernicious past …

 “Oh, Fiddlesticks” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Oh, fiddlesticks! rubbish poppycock bunk humbuggery malarkey like a zombie vacating a body  dissolving into dementia’s horrors  as an unending march of blurred snapshots…

“ A Sticking Point” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán A sticking point  a stumbling block  hitting a snag  as a bone of contention  like talking points  plus flash points  get the point? …

 “Concerning” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Concerning heeding minding scrutinizing eyeing peeping peeking in keeping with all of a piece while simultaneously seeking its meaning …

 “Corkscrew-Shaped” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Corkscrew-shaped/single rings coiling/winding/twisting/curling sinuously rotating/snaking  gyrating/spiraling/hairlike intertwining/whining gripes…

 “It Came to Be” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  It came to be this too shall pass typecast detailed classed tabbed  stamped branded pressed ahead  humor sensed we know the rest…

 “Neither Hot Nor Cold” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Neither hot nor cold  scalding nor freezing  searing nor piercing  giving off heat getting a chill going down in flames …

 “A Coin Toss” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A coin toss heads or tails  a game of chance due to happenstance  penny ante or quite possibly craps …

 “Such a Shame” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Such a shame! Facing loopholes and blockades bending and breaking giving way uncontained unmaintained left within flagrant emotional constraints … 

 “Potentially Confusing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Potentially confusing yet grammatically correct past tenses unclear what’s truly meant or what comes next possibly aggressive rejected measures ending up with emptier-than-usual shelves  left within a rich triplex …

 “Giving Off, As Rays” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Giving off, as rays, bursting yielding  beaming streaking peaking dusty debris  glowing streams naked eyes dark skies  perceiving fireballs overnight …

 “Giving Out” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Giving out giving in but not giving up  and not budging to tyranny  as an assault to personal freedoms  feeling greatly in need of legal remedies  deeming: “We needent be the subjects of a king!” while fighting  for the freedom to speak freely …

 “Heavy Hitters” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Heavy hitters bigwigs blowing in the wind kingpins toppling biggies shrinking go-getters going going gone …

 “Supporting or Attacking” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Supporting or attacking  hugging or tackling  throughout the complicated task of scattering ashes  generated by potent emotional baggage…

 “Being Likened to a Limbo Bar” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Being likened to a limbo bar raising and lowering  uncertainty and indecision continuing then ending  as the conflicting messages between life and death  passing forward while bending backwards  going lower and lower ‘til it’s over…

 “Going It Alone” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Going it alone unchaperoned  me and my shadow solo passage  What’s out there? Stringing  together sounds as wolves howl?

 “Over a Long Long Time” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Over a long long time/days on end/years on end/ a dog’s age/a coon’s age/a crow’s age/long-term damage being done/bunched up in the first 100 days/bending and saying, “Sir, thank you very much” …

 “Oh, What’s the Point?” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Oh, what’s the point?/Will the courts come to order?/How about throughout the wards?/What is more?/What is wrong?/Do I need a lawyer due to disloyalty?/Will it be the last straw? …

 “Make a Run for It!” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Make a run for it! Keep those voices away as orange bars indicate weekly losses  in the biggest fall time is of the essence  to build your defenses attempt to sleep well  maximize your hours in bed …

 “Spilt Milk” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Spilt milk a lost cause showing no remorse  “I’ll see you in court!” bound by law “We the People” salty tears leafless trees brick chimneys…

 “Capturing the Moment” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Capturing the moment spirited away in a twinkling an eye blink  for the time being premiering  in pieces with harmony  as performed by peers secretly through fantasies of reverie …

 “An Eerie Amnesia” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  An eerie amnesia/short-circuited critical thinking/ implying genius/denying weakness as abject ignorance/unchecked ambitions/abhorring humility/reigning with deceit …

 “Past Its Glory” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Past its glory on its last legs  failing vanishing  running the risk  of extinction  as thick as thieves  toppling core policies  asking, “Just what  is happening?!” …

 “Dewy-Eyed” by Suzán Jiván Mom-Mom Suzán  Dewy-eyed weepy three-hankied unwearied peaches-and-cream  rosy-cheeked shrouded in secrecy deemed routine …

 “Seriously?!”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Seriously?! You can’t mean it!  to the nth degree categorically  coercive tactics dishonorable practices cracking down  disparate disdain for morality  squeezing power …

 “Straight-Shooting” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Straight-shooting fair game taking aim ricocheting boomeranging going pear-shaped falling away …

 “In the Works” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  In the works in the air in the offing flashing warnings crashes in midair no living passengers …