Far Less

" Far Less "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Far less glamorous
slender-bodied figures
ultimately promising
wishful thinking
intellectually speaking
in-beween the fingers
all but seeing
killer instincts.

Childhood Dread

" Childhood Dread "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

An oddly
distancing
present
tense
of
fragmented
bookends
left with the sense
of unforgettably
vivid and omniscient
childhood dread.

Spawning

" Spawning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Mulling over
harkening back
to a biting likeness
being reviled
while bringing
to mind
giddy spinoffs
along with
the spawning
of boisterous guffaws.

Into the Red

" Into the Red "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Challenging
back-to-back
filled-in
intelligence
with intentions
to exempt thinly-
spread essentially
unknown revenues
into the red.

Eerily Similar

" Eerily Similar "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Eerily similar
to disconnects
and missteps
failing to prevent
a striking resemblance
to undetectable levels.

At Some Point

" At Some Point "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

At some point
dropping off
postmodern
tinkling of chimes
with dove-gray seats
on all four sides.

Patchwork

" Patchwork "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Ambitious enough
to have convinced
brash and wicked
vocalists
totally different
with each fervid click
of sumptuous visuals
with the richness
of a patchwork quilt.

Intransigence

" Intransigence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Increasingly
concerned
with slickness
in common
with deeply-
familiar rhythms
beating
with intransigence
and tinged
with defiance.

Touching Down

" Touching Down "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Like pneumatic drills
persistent and numbing
ambitious enough with wisdom
touching down with a hint.

Jabbing

" Jabbing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Transcending
one's self
savoring
room to stretch
in a rhythm section
playing particularly well
jabbing signature
guitar licks remixing
psychedelic blushing
and biting of tongues.

False Cognates

" False Cognates "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

False cognates
shape the way
to conversations
leading to payoffs
defamed declarations
and unanticipated behavior.

An Accomplice

" An Accomplice "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

The focal point
unwilling and unwitting
to pay homage
to shadowy mobsters
decadent pop stars
or former intelligence operatives
proving hard as an accomplice.

Both Strengthening and Waning

" Both Strengthening and Waning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Enormous breadth and length
both strengthening and waning
when thinking or writing
rather than speaking
with a tiny bit of mystery
intriguingly thrown in.

Underpinnings

" Underpinnings "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Pre-existing
underpinnings
of history
with upward
mobility
unwittingly
skimping
smack
in the middle
of everything
as an unlikely
slightly-altered guise.

Hard-Lined

" Hard-Lined "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Deeply
involved
with the
softening
of thinking
while
simultaneously
stymieing
compromising
guide lines
with hard-lined
deadlines.

Striking

" Striking "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Reconciling
measures
striking
deals
likely
seeming
incredibly
unsettling
as so many
ghostly
testaments.

Pre-conceived

" Pre-conceived "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Always remembered
as even-tempered
even with a keen
interest in
commissioning
plein airs of means
and scouting around
for pre-conceived
companion pieces.

Amassing

" Amassing"

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Devoted
to exacting
studies
of just one
wondering
about three-
color
reproductions
suddenly
amassing
as meringue-
like whites.

Struggling to Balance

" Struggling to Balance "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Quality time
on both sides
well-born
and even
tempered
fantasies
of the roiled
struggling
to balance
spent summers
at sunset
on the bottom
edge of plunging.

Setting Out

" Setting Out "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Setting out
with apparent
spontaneity
becoming
encapsulated
by staid
generations.

Non Grata

" Non Grata "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Devolving
into
more
modest
hardly
charming
non grata.

An Embrace

" An Embrace "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Shown
from above
taking aim
more calculating
as an embrace.

Self-Deprecation

" Self-Deprecation "

Say good riddance
to the unresolvable
visibly conscious
and disheveling
self-deprecation.

Spilling Over

" Spilling Over "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Humanly full-blooded
spilling over wide walls
into deep storage.

Hair-Raising

" Hair-Raising "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Ranging from prosaic
to illuminated hair-
raising grandeur
with the answer
caught up
in a story
of historical loss.

Artifacts

" Artifacts "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Unabashedly refracted
as comeback narratives
with musty artifacts
palapably turning black.

In Winter

" In Winter "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Image after image
slender sprigs
in winter.

Broadly Drawn

" Broadly Drawn "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Broadly drawn
motifs
of ancient trees
abruptly bending
as rippling reflections
on wind-driven rivers.

Repartee

" Repartee "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

A modestly-
sophisticated
repartee
complete
with kickbacks
and belly laughs
yet still laid back.

Still Oozing

" Still Oozing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Titter worthy
sinking under
and coming up
with still-oozing
virility
whisked away
with pursed lips.

Flanged Lips

" Flanged Lips "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

In recognition
of retrospective
ephemera
and gossamer-thin
remembrances
with flanged lips
as tangential
connecting
elements.

Scourged

" Scourged "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Bearing the brunt
of a cavernous
no-man's
pulpy actions
in a coarse story
scoured
with heavy-
handed rants.

An Homage to Horror

" An Homage to Horror "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

As an homage
to horror
with glimpses
of recognition
in film and history
reconfirming
perverse pioneers
of " tongue-in-cheek ".

Alien

" Alien "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Accidental
chorales
rawly
installed
in alien
corridors
spawning
innumerable forms
of forgotten knockoffs.

Stripped

" Stripped "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Only to be
seen in occasional
small doses
crawling
like penitents
across
enormous
sums
of blood
money
with no-frills
stripped
bare
to the bone.

Betraying

" Betraying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Betraying
a slight
edginess
as a flagship
presence
becomes
sporadically
hands on
widely
forgotten
and no
longer
seen as
an artsy
epiphany.

Toehold

" Toehold "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Opening
a triple bill
dropping
off the grid
with sturdy
rhythm
and the firm
toehold
of a morose
poet.

Nonet

" Nonet "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Playing
with ferocity
in a diabolical
nonet
pummelling
the old guard
leaping
from swing
to bebop.

Thwarting

" Thwarting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Featuring
the rugged
protégé
of a peerless
tango composer
in an un-
accompanied solo
thwarting any notion
of tackling
any actual
standards.

You'll Never Guess

" You'll Never Guess "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Really only one
hunkering down
in a jam-band
jointly led
by you'll
never
guess.

Throw Backs

" Throw Backs "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Purposeful
sensibility
featuring
recent
years
as
intriguingly
contemporary
yet violently
inclined
to bring back
throw backs
of the olden.

Gone On

" Gone On "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Overtly busy
with ardor
gone on
to a delusional
debut in a tuneful
plucky new
polyphonic bop.

In Residence

" In Residence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

A new series
tirelessly charismatic
in the foreground
unfailingly expressive
especially when in residence
for one month after another.

Full Blown

" Full Blown "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Blurring the distinction
between full-blown
romantic mode
and a modicum
of somewhat
jumbled funk
from a two-
drink minimum.

Severity

" Severity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Following a sensitively
understated direction
in modern dress
recently released
as an exclusivity niche
in an extremely-
limited edition
along with
the proclivity
for severity
and snobbery.

Tousled

" Tousled "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Perfectly tousled bangs
as a charmingly modest
modern conscience
with breezily melodic
calm sorrow
well-suited
to convertible-
cruising.

Gone Wrong

" Gone Wrong "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

So called, " Gone Wrong "
during a sordid mourning
with torrid brawling
unadulterated joy
and morbid distortions
in willful free-for-alls.

Ill-Fated

" Ill-Fated "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

At times
affecting
but never
really
convincing
trying to find
an intrinsical
rhythm
in an ill-fated
formulaic
cliché.

Shiver

" Shiver "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

As direct
a grab as
an indiscriminate
shiver written
in tentative
feministical
history;
mystically
focusing in
on mythical-
like intrepid
women.

To and Through

" To and Through "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

To and through
the skin
in an essentially
slick
but surprisingly
slack
examination
of the average
poetical life
three times
aside
from the heightening
of the
shtick
within an original
artistic
vision.