Months Before

" Months Before "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Months before
teetering
while seeking
to rein in
the little-
known
thwarted
reports
in staccato
With a nod
to a star
as a chaotic
cosmic snarl
disappearing
into inevitability
with indignant
disbelief
Disguised
as bonhomie
adding sharply
to the top
of the heap
in stand-
up comedy
Never
wavering
from the dead-
pan shattered
by huge laughs
laid-back
on laugh tracks
acceding
to demands
held
for ransom
with the ut-
most care
fancied
as a man
with the big-
gest laugh
but
a telling
lapse
in slight
of hand
harkening
back
laud bare...