A Sharp Drop

" A Sharp Drop "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

A sharp drop
in obligatory stops
snubbing
some forerunners
in a blood sport
for a spoiler
of the poor
in a portrait
coiling
and recoiling
after
the extraordinary
flare
of a muzzle flash
Framed in bronze
inserted
between columns
of the long-
gone
like lightning
rods
in a war
monument
to conventional
art
from afar
but still
close
to the heart
with a provocative
home-
alone quality
as clippings
attest
to extensive
press
largely given
to men
in intense epithets
to the unpregnant...