Beneath a Midnight Sky

 “Threatening” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Threatening to re-ignite  surefire snubs and surprises  missiles keep flying  over endless lying while denying being in decline  scolding allies  paying a steep price  claiming a made-up empire …

 “New Threats” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  New threats not by nature but by man himself  striving for a divine  afterlife by design strikingly surviving  along sight lines in profile while rising from the body of a lion …

 “Shaped and Reshaped” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Shaped and reshaped rekindled imagination  retaining the playful without stopping  to ponder counterparts staring through goggles larded by borrowed concepts as responses from deep within our camouflaged subconscious…

  “Airy Visions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Airy visions tinted stream  copious studies underlying ideas  mountains the sea differing  levels of meaning apocalyptic qualities  of shockingly modern nocturnes…

 “Polite Conventions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   Polite conventions court portraiture   unreserved genius on par with poetry  seeing nature with a painter’s eye practicing revival in nocturnal light   undefined while in exile   acknowledging rivals  turning to violence   becoming consumed by fire …

 “I Swear!” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   “I swear!” ripping mad   fuming angered outraged   crazed raging exasperated ranting and raving going ape …

 “The Role of the Spirit “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   The role of the spirit disguising itself  with elaborate costumes and carved masks   like swans driving white whales into beds of sand  forever static even at first glance  having already passed into irrational magic …

 “ Fateful Consequences ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Fateful consequences still felt today as the basis of the present state  relinquishing claims falling prey to invasion onslaughts of armies  dividing lines red lines hopes of paradise  likened to a triumphal eternal life …