Into Decline

" Into Decline "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Into decline
burdened
by growing
needs
under
staggering
shields
yielding
to swelling
ranks
of supposed
saviors
thrown
into danger
as a huge
redo
in a frieze-
like wound
of youth
and beauty
In an
appointment-
only space
as a suite
of galleries
for buzzing
honey bees
packed up
in a mobile
structure
being squeezed
between
whirring wings
laced with curry
and emptied
of nectar
while taking
place
in stages
of mono-
graphed
installations
made
of stiffening
clay
shaped
by haughty
curators
in order
to forestall
change
While
exhibiting
their favorites
in anticipation
of a reinstallation
within tents
and under
umbrellas
that keep
coming up
as entitle-
ments
renamed,
"Untitled"
coinciding
with the unsigned
nearly three times
the size of unoccupied
and preoccupied
like legislators
on wavers
made to hallucinate
during a driving reign...