Will Also Underscore

" Will Also Underscore "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube

Will also underscore
taking over
overseeing
interactive
access
to lavender lilacs
and notions
of masculinity
both overdue
and a bit
behind the times
as a parade
of familiar names
along the way
as an extrapolation
of the seemingly tame
and unstraightly risqué
Ripped from today
toppled over a bank
crouching over
a dead opponent
drawing more crowds
with unseemly
immediacy
and authenticity
long since eclipsed
by a staunch supporter
in a small audience
as the best of all
sometimes pointless
like a clotheshorse
seeing wild oats
Marvelously flexible
and full
of possibility
enough
to make you dizzy
as a half-
dressed odalisque
on the periphery
piled
high with frippery
and festooned
in striped pantaloons
Plying the gap
between the artificial
and the natural
with a butterfly catch
held tightly
scratched and incised
scarifyingly fighting
for release
while nose diving
into a white
cube
with holes
in its ceiling
and a fingernails-
on-the-chalkboard feeling...