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“Some Sort or Other”

 “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”

 “ 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”

 “ 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”

 “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”

 “ 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”

 “ 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”

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

“Crystallized”

 “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”

 “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”

 “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”

 “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”

 “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”

 “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 …