Intermission Free

" Intermission Free "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

After being tweaked
there is no screaming
during an intermission-
free lipsynching
of a prolonged
sing-songy
singalong.

Hissing

" Hissing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Practicing hissing
bluntly recalling
villanous history
in the distance
appalling applause.

Outer Edge

" Outer Edge "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Uncommonly attentive
to a niche in the mainstream
while avoiding being cliquish
by capturing menacing feelings
with unspoken experience
at the outer edge of meaning.

In Chorus

" In Chorus "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Something to treasure
especially the mezzo
of a clever vocal presence
throughout early conception
rarely sounding better
with arms across the belly
for a performance in chorus.

Reworked

" Reworked "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Studiously uncontroversial
excerpted and reworked
stiff parallel steps
in an underwater realm.

Repurposed

" Repurposed "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Brutally funny revival
flinching at the idea
of waiting in a high-
ceilinged green room
impatient with languorous pacing
at the risk of feeling fidgety
in a churlishly repurposed orange alert.

Inextricable

" Inextricable "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Inextricable optimism as a tribute
to a woman's brute aptitude
along with the deliberateness
of distinctive feminine wisdom.

Untethered

" Untethered "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In order to address
an untethered essence
a demeanor
must be ambidextrous
against a deft edginess.

Strictly Mythical

" Strictly Mythical "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Images of subdivisions
in uninhibited exhibitions
render strictly-mythical
tins of piss n' vinegar.

Fenced In

" Fenced In "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ultimately downhearted
as a critcal darling
of a panoramically flat
fenced-in land.

Bone White

" Bone White "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Stretched thin
and hard nosed
while in a hide
of bone-white light.

Disparate Distractions

" Disparate Distractions "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Following the rules
jumping through hoops
slipping back
into disparate distractions.

Hesitance

" Hesitance "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Setting benchmarks for progress
intending to contend with hesitance
moving up as an apprentice
aided by decrepit safety nets.

Disregarded

" Disregarded "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Burying imminent differences
in cities filled with cynics
and intrinsic hostilities
involves bartering
with disregarded martyrs
held in chock-full cell blocks.

Spun Off

" Spun Off "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Spun off atop
a squalid squad car
as an ardurous topic
for over-arching
indictments of art.

Reproof

" Reproof "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Living in leantos
of rickety déjà vus
taking root without reproof
in a spoof of the future.

Boomerang

" Boomerang "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The boomerang of a contagion
through the ages is the inescapable
sickening state of botched responses
to the monumentally possible.

So-So

" So-So "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Invoking potency
in a memo
for the fastest-
growing homeland
of robots and drones
offering only the so-so.

Infrared Spectrum

" Infrared Spectrum "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Selective festivals
limiting life lessons
to incredulous steps
guided by half-open eyes
on the invisible sides
of an infrared spectrum.

Pet Peeve

" Pet Peeve "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A pet peeve
devoid of exhilarating idiocy
of the uncompromising original
lopping off of limbs
in offensive abandonment
of the classical three rings.

Cultural Consumption

" Cultural Consumption "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Cultural consumption
defined by supertitles
and prescribed delight
of recorded guffaws
and choreographed applause
for reorchestrated audiences
without an awkward pause.

Toxic Trillions

" Toxic Trillions "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Testing the limits
of fine print
fleshing out
fiscal risks
with toxic trillions.

Primitive Id

" Primitive Id "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Rounding up
spilling over
stamping out
spiraling down
into an extremely savvy
streamlined anatomy
coming from the gut
yet dressed to impress
an intrinsic catharsis
eternally stirred
by the impertinent
finger of a primitive id.

Vintage

" Vintage "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Mixing simple vintage
with relaxing style tips
into a dimpled tumbler
along with a splashy smattering
and a fizzy bit from the nifty fiftys.

Unrelenting

" Unrelenting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Getting fed up
with the unrelenting
mother of invention-
living well is dead.

Zingy

" Zingy "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Pick and choose
exclusive new
zingy pinks
fixed with brilliance
in a finicky pad of glam.

Tugging

" Tugging "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Able to shape the nonverbal
from earlier encirclings
of alternating reins
deftly interconnected
by tugging gusts of love.

Fragility

" Fragility "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Dancing in bare feet
underlyingly revealing
convincingly patched in
to the fragility of stillness.

The Ranks

" The Ranks "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Within the ranks
knowing the language
of coziness with the tainted
without exclamation reservists say.

No Go

" No Go "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Facing an upswell
of heightened dismay
sure to inflame
a designated
no-go area
by mistake.

Dare Not

" Dare Not "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Policy makers dare not think
beyond saccharine destinies
tilting toward unwelcomed lessons
in search of misdirection.

Fair or Not

" Fair or Not "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Fair or not
marred by
false starts
silenced by
underwriting
in stocking feet
with the narrowest release.

Intermissionless

" Intermissionless "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Quietly chilling
intermissionless
reluctances
to stand up
under the discussion
of martyrdom.

Jammed In

" Jammed In "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Shifting rationale
expanding laterally
into an interactive
parody of laughter
jammed in
listening to the indie.

Plodding

" Plodding "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Squashing swashbuckling
squelching pith helmits
excoriating explorers
extraordinaire
forsaking the innateness
of our imaginations
plodding on-and-on.

Unblunted

" Unblunted "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Bracing for a bailout backlash
hedging on inmates
and agitation to reinstate
dismissed justices
festering and welling up
from under the blunted hunger
of a hovering jobless plunge.

Hot Moves

" Hot Moves "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Hot moves
fat-melting foods
tricks that add bliss
just do this:
" Blow off an image
as a relationship tip."

Extra Pretty

" Extra Pretty "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Extra-pretty
beauty tricks
shockingly easy
fast and cheap
to the extreme.

Capturing Mourning

" Capturing Mourning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Lost in thought
as a matter of course
capturing mourning
living off flaws and all.

Husbanded Triptych

" Husbanded Triptych "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A husbanded triptych
is fervidly depicted
as an erotic kiss
of iridescent lips
in tempera skin.

Anomie

" Anomie "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Why stop at the end
of a spooky silence
after the opening credits
run under the auspices
of peace seeking
while fleeing the grip
of the anomie of genius?

Multiple Pleas

" Multiple Pleas "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Multiple pleas of "guilty"
to a Ponzi Scheme
in a packed hearing
of empty apologies
for peevish victims
listening with malignity.

Blinking Bling

" Blinking Bling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In a temporary lift
of a minimum
nearly as big
as the original
blinking bling
with shorter workweeks
and longer tweaks
of the bleeping bleak.

The Pinch of Living IV

" The Pinch of Living IV "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Feeling the pinch of living
with the discrepant elegance
of intrinsic intrepid indebtedness.

The Pinch of Living III

" The Pinch of Living III "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Feeling the pinch of living
with stringently intrinsic
elliptical fiscal limits.

The Pinch of Living II

" The Pinch of Living II "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Feeling the pinch of living
with the inauspicious
deference of wealth
and the unexpected
domesticity of paucity.

The Pinch of Living

" The Pinch of Living "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Feeling the pinch of living
with the inauspicious
deference of wealth
and the unintended
endemicity of paucity.

Beleaguered

" Beleaguered "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Beleaguered briskness
and layered crispness
of sharp wits still instilled
with intrinsic ironic twists.

Dutiful Laughter

" Dutiful Laughter "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The dutiful laughter
of a familial phantom
throughout an out-
landish diaspora
fervently surging in
then surgically
flaming out.

A Peeling

" A Peeling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A glowing
father and mother
adoringly escort
an "a peeling"
little boy
decked out
in a florescent
crescent of yellow
topped off
by a broken
stem for a head
eliciting instant rictus
from well-bred individuals
dressed in their Sunday best.