Unwinding Over a Single Night

" Unwinding Over a Single Night "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Unwinding over a single night
never diminishing in wit
with resemblances to critters
with hunched shoulders
in parodies of roles
rarely thought-provoking
as jet-black hairballs
Interrupted mid-mugging
by the nail biting
of white-bread lives
armed with bikes
and shark-like smiles
acted out like oversized
fantasies of complete weaklings
Drawn and fired behind the scenes
of wayward experience
in the shrewdly specious
macho sequencing
of a corruptive hunk
Belatedly squirming
solipsistically
with masculinity
becoming baited
in a game of catch
called out as trappings
of seductive banter
Snapping into place
after being aimlessly chaste...

Straight to the Heart

" Straight to the Heart "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Straight into the heart
of rhapsodic rarities
with shades of irony
just happening
to be endearing
as salutes
to promises
of live music
previously
recorded
As a specially
commissioned duet
examining how pleasure
is expressed
under the pressure
of poor health
Feeling as tense
as hair metal
with strong effects
on eventual
gait and direction
rooted in sequestered
gestures bereft
of intelligence
In a cunning blend
of jokes and jitters
in homage
to the marginally
ripped upper body
voicing a paranormal
screech with prosthetic teeth...

Just Days Away

" Just Days Away "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Just days away
from the long-awaited
unfortunate
if unavoidable
spanning more
of the carefully thought
intricacies of history
With a temporary kitchen
and a substantial dinner
with a simpler main dish
of chicken livers
in a skillet of persistence
indicative of tradition
As a blurred vision
preferably fresh
after losing its redness
returning to the question
of aromas of cherries
as a sixth sense
minus bitterness
As influential as memory
proceeding to benefit
pastry chefs
like rum-raisin
mulled flavors
in three layers
As glazed invitations
smashed into a paste
drizzled with the remaining
lightly dressed preparations
after a spell of cool weather
at the center...

There is No Innocence

" There is No Innocence "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

There is no innocence
in artfulness
like plastic objects
locked in an archly
unhearty post-
modernist hip-hop
of to and fro
in a rippling solo
of overt self-
disclosure
Prospering
as smartness
in irksome drama
like forearms
far beyond sidearms
of familiar genres
of gotcha
As self-conscious
tentative nods
gone for a romp
gaudily awash
on chaotic
fog-horn honks
promising knowledge
in foreign fonts
as phenomenons
Like mild larks
as vague targets
of harsh comments
in improbable cabals
chronicled on and off
an awful lot
Skilled in comic
hodgepodges
so much for the plot
as departures
from suicide watches
trying way too hard...

Largely Translations

" Largely Translations "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Largely translations
laid out
and hard to embrace
through a maze
of widely anticipated
plausible saliency
fast awakening
and up to date
In negociation
as a coterie
near completion
modestly
and cautiously
with a small light
turned on inside
once in a while
Starting out
as a fractal
without pitch
or timbre
modestly
picturing
the naïveté
as a stranger
shall we say
Down to the sources
of each tone
along slippery slopes
by probing pathos
further away
from per se
As a warm attachment
to the past
walking or chattering
like glowing amber
somewhere
As the hapless
stepping stones
neither knowing
nor mastering
stratospheres
of inanity
with fine madness
scandalously stacked
As aimless characters
making pitiable statements
like madcap beanbag chairs
trying to spark odd concoctions
dancing in the dark
embarking with eyebrows arched...

It Doesn't Matter

" It Doesn't Matter "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

It doesn't matter
practicing being scared
when monsters pop out of the dark
and you get your freak on
with a superstar dear to your heart
like chugging a cocktail
in spotted pajamas
Screaming can hardly
be helped when suitably
creeped out in a haunted house
stalked by chainsaws in dim quarters
Choose any theme or medium
like a gnarled bottle in a scarlet box
as angels drop on what will follow
perched on stars with fixed repertoires
Miraculously intact built from scratch
based on patterns of artifacts
believed to have vanished
Only graphics on a black screen
with typed commands like,
" walk east " and " open window "
with no mouse and no sound
wandering without
never having been allowed...

Listed on the Masthead

" Listed on the Masthead "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Listed on the masthead
as a way of saying,
" Wonky " without
being " Geeky "
when wincing
with resignation
and straining
for effort
as pulpheaded
grotesques
of indelible
whatevers
Obliquely
evoking
devotional
close-ups
as full-
throated
dissassociates
mixing
and mingling
fittingly
with ragtag
sensibilities
Planning
abs regretting
skimpy breakfasts
with confessions
of heavy drinking
engulfed in tiger lilies
including scholars
and security guards
doubling as snuffboxes
In entourages
of juried art
as peasants toddle
and frogs hop
in a windup clock
of catharsis...

Doesn't Even Resemble

" Doesn't Even Resemble "

by Suzán Jiván

Doesn't even resemble
a more compelling entrance
as psychedelic instead
of interactive anything elses
poking their heads
into cramped stairwells
suggesting the tendency
to fester throughout all the rest
As infrared emergences
at the other end of several
compelling centuries of spectrums
of fear and depression extending
into morbid withdrawal
shrugging off after all
Almost all fragments attached
topped by cut glass
supplanting exacting
dry brown grasses
as baleful idiocies of man
with soul-cramping abandon
Life-enhancing crystalline masters
of spiritual catastrophes
as finicky small-scale brain-scramblers
Coming to mind as eerily quiet
nearbys on a highly-refined
long-time otherwise...

As Traces of Persuasion

" As Traces of Persuasion "

by Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Now and over
to the next
fennel and garlic
starting to soften
over medium heat
thickening slightly
Estimated on Thursday
picking up the pace
with change in the making
as traces of persuasion
Closed for renovation
wafting from a café
all in the name
of fire regulations
and reinstallations
of imagined space
with great anticipation
in an empty gray space
of bewildering states
of opiate intoxication
unmoored from self-
deprecating foundations
with waivers...

Inventive and Gifted

" Inventive and Gifted "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Inventive and gifted
wanting to whip it up
as a hankering
for a masterpiece
of ingenuity
emerging bubbling
At a takeout window
after midnight
with an earthy aroma
and fruity flavor
on a cheese tray
with meringue
Now the main
meaty flavors placed
on a plate in an array
of basking layers
of marinade
Turning occasionally
charred in places
then crumbled with bacon
minus the wait
Winsomely bitter in the tradition
of citrus-tinged suspicion
somewhere in the middle
Denser and more tannic
but attractive aged in new barrels
found on the common ground
of awakened palates
balanced with the silky
lush flavors of flowers...

Disproportionate Pleasure

" Disproportionate Pleasure "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Disproportionate pleasure
revealing
a conspiratorial bent
at an ultra-high temperature
using leftover
heat in a wrinkle
as perks
living on in moussaka
Full stop
in a competitive
mass market
totally swamped
with mini models
hungry and grumpy
when inducted
into the just too big
Slammed through minis
as just too cute
hand-rolled mottles on waffles
as most popular
while sporting a dollop on top
Probably not a major olive
in combination with Parmesan
laboriously cored and chopped
into a colander
the poured into a warm pot...

Needs and Gets

" Needs and Gets "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Needs and gets
some connecting
projected
as pratfalls
like airheads
of unfussy love
cheering up,
" I tawt I taw
a ting ta draw "
For very long
with a winning score
forfeited in autumn
sinking ball after ball
more and more
Mourned
as recognized stories
while laughing along
but holding off
guffaws
in happy-go-lucky
unauthorized
designs for life
held off to the side...

Trying to Retain

" Trying to Retain "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Trying to retain
artifacts
of major outrage
as an A.O.K.
like a chance
to play
along the way
while awakening
to incarnation
in legacies of pathos
Inducing
conscious-raising
in the face
of a surname
leisurely
against the speed
and pacing
of a digital age
Via older creative
affectations
in shipping containers
with something
of the flavor
of fleeting beauty
mixed in
with world-weary
cruelty
Consisting mainly
of unseen demons
in profane fables
with high-ranking
outsized
prosaic campaigns
of pervasive persuasion
undeniably
via bribery and patronage
without complaints
Dwelling on the demise
of covert alliances
all in the mind
as de-emphasized
run-and-hide
humankind
while doing time
Barely
worth mentioning
in first-name
notation
by the way
chilling
say as estranged
roommates
drawing acclaim
while lying dying
with subtitles
of blurry lines...

Glancing Back

" Glancing Back "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Glancing back
to an international
collaboration
with one feeding
off the other
determined
to smother
cultural couplings
winding up
unfulfilled with
stinginess
A colleague insisting
on poignant
existence
shot in a shimmering
daily grind
swelling to a fame-
obsessed
directionless, "yelp"
Attesting
to the premise
of hell-
bent rejection
as street-
cred skeptics
catching
the attention
of no-
good threats
as rebelliously
empty...

Admiring Comments

" Admiring Comments ;

by Suzán Jiván

performed on YouTube

Admiring comments
inspiring and creepy
outside the ring
while peering
obsessively
into push-
button realms
of relentlessness
as barbed endeavors
of the not-so-tender
All-too-familiar
compulsively shifting
between comic jigs
of stiff-upper-lips
and tongue-in-cheeks
by undergoing
mind-control
in starring roles
Most valuable overtones
like comminglings
of stardom and firearms
in muddles of art
as post-Oscar
whisperings of, " Ah "
with fragile charm
becoming jarring
as, " Ahhhh! "...

Unanswerable

" Unanswerable "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube


Unanswerable
in advance
of physical intimacy
curling up without incident
switching between fleeing
and facing ordeals
sturdy then frail
contingent on circumstance
happening off camera
Preparing for a new recruit
from the acutely rural
whatever the mood
from solitude to collusion
with the ingenuity
of a communal pseudonym
masking shallow shams
and romantic clamorings
with amorous arrogance
Lithe young bodies
with sinewy
sinister charisma
candidly dabbling
with indeterminate
spans of antagonistic
happiness chuckling
amid bickering
As a sequel
in a gag-reel
commendably free
despite contrivances
with passers by
as relatively wise
but liable to lapse
into an anti-climax
of sheer madness...

What Follows

" What Follows "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube


What follows
still looks
avant-garde
while splitting
into daffodils
as half-eaten
dumplings
disappearing
after being
picked up
and flipped
into simmering
chicken
with the intrinsic
existence
of bomb-sniffing
And full knowledge
of the decision
built in along
with activism
already picketted
by the richest
residents
still reckoning
with helplessness
lest we forget
our consciousness
left uncontested
Engaging in lengthy
often indirect references
at the epicenter
after suffering from dementia
together with novel suggestions
addressed like venerable ill-health
becoming instrumental
only as slightly better...

The Bold Resurgence

" The Bold Resurgence "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

The bold resurgence
of stunning sultriness
as sumptuous luxury
with uncanny knacks
for the grand geeky-glam
as luminaires of masters
lit from within
Capturing a panorama
divided by horizon lines
gone tragically awry
more and more privately
underlying above right
Strikingly delicate in private
collections by flashlight
a few weeks shy
of admirers on the fly
Like studies of juveniles
getting their due
relatively soon
by mastering their fruits
A character study
as maximum gross
overly clever
but none-the-less
already said
plagued
by the long-dead
paying attention
Both surprisingly
and heartbreakingly
through wordplay
with careful parings
of, " Never Fails " ...

The Putative Aura

" The Putative Aura "

by Suzán Jiván

The putative aura
of chunky forms
laminated with plastic
as special status
stacked
like falling ladders
gleaming proudly
Torn and gouged
stained and splattered
after being bent over backward
on monochromed grounds
suggesting collapse
as less nostalgically
fragmented
like latter-day maps
Scratched and ragged
no-nonsense stares
stoically exalted
when grasped
hand-over-hand
in all-over patterns
of top-ranked talent...

It Should Be Noted

" It Should Be Noted "

by Suzán Jiván

It should be noted
in handblown tableaux
as serious moments
as if you didn't know
disclosed
in poetic repose
now showing
out of focus
and all alone
Superbly airy
as a face-framing
exaggeration
like a phalanx
of invigorating fray
Highly artificial
filled with the glints
and quirks
of contradiction
as indivisible...

One Here, One There

" One Here, One There "

by Suzán Jiván

One here, one there
as an adaptive wisecrack
to the classical decades past
sturm and drang
Like dating and romance
as an overbearing mish-mash
in the aftermath of a stage collapse
Recapitulated with improvisation
in an off-stage ballet choreographed
with the latent intimation
of action and restraint...

It's Just Nostalgia

" It's Just Nostalgia "

by Suzán Jiván

It's just nostalgia
once ubiquitous
now limited
like human-
powered
watercraft
by watching
the horizon
then observing
what's left behind
while vibrating
with wakes
flag waving
in our eyes
and in our hair
as visceral cringes
on packing slips
sent up the road a bit
after pausing with thought
and making a corporeal
choice of assault
star-gazing
in a backyard parking lot
looking for migrant species
while remembering thinking
for the last time
this season with immediacy...

Hallucinogenic

" Hallucinogenic "

by Suzán Jiván

Often shared
and experienced
as analytical thinking
mixed indistinguishably
with the ingenuity
of the day-to-day
surpassing
matter-of-factness
as magically
mind-stretched
beginnings
compressed end-to-end
with little of the incredible
as exceptionally
receptive attentiveness
like self-reflexive surrender
into hallucinogenic
loops of illusion
as considerable ambition
gently immersive
mercifully facing away
while memorizing names
dressed for the occasion
too heavily for lightweight...

Blending Whimsy

" Blending Whimsy "

by Suzán Jiván

Blending whimsy
with difficulty
while capturing
abilities supplied
by scratchily deadpan
organic tolerance
for eccentricities
with anti-literal
metaphysical inklings
Like the heavens
and the earth
beyond all promise
as the melody of a harp
Often cosmic
small and specific
as high-pitched
non-fiction...

Pleasantly Removed

" Pleasantly Removed "

by Suzán Jiván

Pleasantly removed
from the hurly-burly
with long-held shots
concealing as much
as they reveal
deliberately stripped
of drama early on
Interspersing obvious
returns to the world
whether or not
redemption is possible
in a conventional plot
of time-lapse shots
Surprisingly tolerable
nonsense marred
by question marks
and sounds of dirty-
word bombs lobbed
through bleachy-
white teeth
while shrieking
epiphanies
like wishful thinking
rankled by bland
laughter soon thereafter...

Remarkably Free

" Remarkably Perfect "

by Suzán Jiván

Remarkably free
examining something
of a blessing
rather tentatively
freshly displayed
in a hallway as a heyday
with a penetrating gaze
Signed and dated
with palpable determination
repeatedly indicated
from body to face
animated as angular
softened by shading
like planar culminations
Untitled,arranged by type
as maskilie lifetimes
coming back to life
mission style...

Grating

" Grating "

by Suzán Jiván

Grating
the frozen
pepperoni
hard pressed
to forget
keeping abreast
of new tastes
on market-
fresh plates
topped
by the craziest
out-there flavors
Stay far away
from the recommendations
you may have made
after becoming totally staid
by posing and questioning
the very same taste sensations
where lobsters and steaks still reign
Not until the tiniest wee bit of thrift
for the quick-witted astoundingly riven
with the unfamiliar shaved into ribbons
long before rot sets in...

Inquisitive and Passionate

" Inquisitive and Passionate "

by Suzán Jiván

Inquisitive and passionate
as much talked about
earlier works long-awaited
over the decades in masterly range
Hard to resist calligraphic scripts
hand-scrolled over bamboo groves
as juxtaposed osmosis
Resembling a swing set
as a legacy to the playful
ensconced in a tubular landscape
surveying purveyances
of levitation in chains
On and off while showing off
much more in a signature song
fraught with off-beat longings
in shapely forms of anime and warmth

Showy Cosmos

" Showy Cosmos "

by Suzán Jiván

Showy cosmos
burst open
as odoriferous heads
nestled in feathery beds
of fluorescent splendor
at the behest
of winged silhouettes...