“ Long Before “ ...

” Long Before “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Long before
skyscrapers
got so tall
all across
walled borders
centuries before

irretrievably lost
like complete avoidance
of total recall
as sorceresses
narrate warlock stories

getting offers
for cocksure rewards
while writing floridly
along with small forces

deemed, “par for the course”
at some point
being well worth restored
as enormously supportive
outsourced discourse

being dogged by “small talk”
in the form of “canned applause”
plus muted laugh tracks
pronounced, “proud in the saddle”

captured after
“mock battles”
then captioned,
“Not-Exactly Cinematic”

glowering and growling
half-heartedly hitting the trail
eyes locked hands clasped...