“ Easy as Pi “ ...

” Easy as Pi “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Easy as “Pi”
easy as “one two three”
just “take at easy”
like “Nice ‘N’ Easy”
“Naught ‘n’ Nice”
“ Nice ‘N’ Nasty”
at the Same Time”

while staying
within the lines
with no reply to,
“What’s My Line?”
walking in straight lines
all along, “The Main Line”

“I know an Old Lady
who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why
She swallowed a fly—
perhaps she’ll die”

“There was an Old Woman
who lived in a shoe
as a true-blue-baby boomer
formerly a recluse - now exuding,
“ Va Va Va Voom Dude!!!” ...

“ Cheaper and Deadlier “ ...

” Cheaper and Deadlier “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Cheaper and dealier
red flags of chicanery
being waved wielding
strict digital strategies

shoring up defenses
leading intelligence
charges suggested
demolished in the end

as vast collections
of Valentines
over the centuries

but still scheduled
to be sentenced
not to mention
to drastically cut
health care benefits

truly meant
like time well spent
while giving consecutive
extravagant favors to BFFs
throughout midterm elections

deemed, “influence peddling”
without question puffed out chests
pitching tents to ruinous effects
due to “meth deaths”
in the flag-bearer sections
“Stars and Stripes Forever”...

“ Nearly Invisible “ ...

” Nearly Invisible “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Nearly invisible
ghostly spills
lacking in frills
like belittled abilities
falsely staking claims
to “Saying all the right things”

becoming unjustly enriched
via an A.I. blitz as an impetus
to perfectly timed anonymity
as strong winds whip
up into lethal toxicities
indiscriminately set adrift

while facts are deemed,
“particularly stubborn things”
especially when left unexpressed
and intentionally undetectable...

“ Being Put to Rest “ ...

” Being Put to a Rest “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Being put to rest
like myths about breakfast
as Gold Medalists

after going the distance
digging into breakfast sandwiches
commiting helicopter parenting
for the youngest of champions

as figments of their imaginations
seemingly inconsequential
yet still gaining on the internet

once considered extremely compelling
especially when sending the same messages
altogether upon gathering at the center
with kinetically visual texts

taken into the next dimension
via multimedia-accessible
amateurs and obsessives
plumbing unexplored eddies
seeking “any-and-all-where-elses”...

“ Feeling Caught “ ...

” Feeling Caught “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Feeling caught
in the middle of a split
exposing fissures
due to mixed signals
not quite fitting in
like bobsleds
luges plus skeletons
lacking in Olympians
official journalists
visitors all in earnest
actually seeing the outfits
within courseworks as killers
facing constant threats
via the eye of the internet
streamed live pupils dilated...

“ Is Said “ ...

“ Is Said “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Is said to amuse
yet still lacking
in the tools
to form a more
soothing re-union
via bold moves
making full use
of book reviews
seeking truths
for us humans
but sensing
disapproval
upon perusing
“The Almighty”
in pursuit
of perpetuity
that ultimately
“does not compute”
in spite of re-suturing
gaping wounds
like lunatics
deemed rawly
suspicious
desperately chilly
passionate
protagonists
swaddled
in crushed fabrics
re-imagined
being re-captured
and hard scrambled
as calamitous pasts
come to pass...

“ More “ ...

“ More “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More than
an apology
needed
while pivoting
upon failing
to dazzle
on point
in a single
ballet flat
as strategic
planning
spinning
tornadoes
of talent
while balancing
on one foot only
winds whipping
getting under the skin
via loose-limbed ambivalence
fictitiously mimicking
strong decisions
frivolously fiddling calling,
“ Skip skip skip to my lou
skip skip skip to my lou
skip skip skip to my lou
skip to my lou my darlin’”...