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...