Better Left Unsaid

" Better Left Unsaid "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A hall-of-mirrors phenomenon
essential to preserve
freely entering and exiting
better left unsaid.

Impelled

" Impelled "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Impelled by a clear sense
of exceptionally compelling
overembellishment essentially
expressing the essence
of endless momentum.

Notwithstanding

" Notwithstanding "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Familiar passions
notwithstanding
entrancing enchantment
over the legacy of land
not bothering to scan
for critical disrepair.

Slashing

" Slashing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Slashing odd angles
in a rough sketch
of arresting gestures
with compelling
inflections in mid register.

Night Sky

" Night Sky "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Like the night sky
pointing to its lintel
too quickly to begin with
as a fond fare-thee-well.

A Kiss

" A Kiss "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Asked to rebuild
the picture of a kiss
playing myth-making
music in double time
eagerly but belatedly.

Eye-Catching

" Eye-Catching "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Eye-catching entrance
upwelling, unexpected
sympathetic presence
excruciating realness.

Shoulder to Shoulder

" Shoulder to Shoulder "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Intense focus
shoulder to shoulder
ushering in
cosmic dimension
as a seamless blend
of transient memory.

Side by Side

" Side by Side "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Side by side
in the title role
with a handsome tone
and pensive reflection
in looming obsolescence.

Obelisk

" Obelisk "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A brief close up
of a spongy touch
ever dipping
into a cautiously optimistic
ancient obelisk.

Gleanings

" Gleanings "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Depositing gleanings bit by bit
into a noxious thicket
set off by the rising and falling
of a dichotomous arboreal sprawl.

Cynicism

" Cynicism "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A mix of cynicism
in digital images
with still-tilting
charcoal figures
blowing and twisting
in a churlish sea.

Up-to-the-Minute

" Up-to-the-Minute "

by Suzán Jiván

Lots of music
heard and unheard
with the weight
of an open metaphor
leaping spasmodically
up-to-the-minute.

Ambivalence

" Ambivalence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ambivalence toward the messiness
of first attempts serving as precedents
for the pertinence of original intent
succumbing to a generically
irrelevant conventional rendering.

Monosyllables

" Monosyllables "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Convulsive giggles
in monosyllables
going for weeks
without smelling the reek
of fleeing people
polished to a high gleam
of murderous clarity
with deep reluctancy.

Particulars

" Particulars "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Look to the particulars
or its significance
will be missed
in a starring role
relatively unscathed
as commonplace
slipping away.

Tinkering

" Tinkering "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Endless tinkering
with the extinct
rarefied achievement
of persistent interest
in identical instruments
stripping away hints.

Topspin

" Topspin "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The slimmest of margins
in the round robin
of a hallmark with topspin
for snarky hyperbole.

Retrofitting

" Retrofitting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Retrofitting
an original
beyond
the authenticity
of history
openly critical
of a scorecard
as an easy mark.

Devoid

" Devoid "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Briefly devoid
and appalling
often ignored
by the audacity
of a shortcut
and an obsession
with brevity.

Collective Body

" Collective Body "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

As a collective body
presenting sonatas
symbolically
as a call to arms
choreographed
while hardly garbed
in leotarded nuance.

Springboard

" Springboard "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A springboard
toward the big time
taking in the sights
of a digital afterlife
described as a defiant
burgeoning enterprise.

No-trump

" No-trump "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Something
of a fragment
somewhat blunt
sucker punch
knees buckling
ruffing a club
three no-trump.

Homebody

" Homebody "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Far from a homebody
in the heartland
thrown over a shoulder
thinner than thin.

Embedded

" Embedded "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Quite reticent
timed to coincide
with famous lines
put inside
intrusively foolish
embedded continuity
of slippery roots.

Inextricable

" Inextricable "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Inextricable emotions
inexplicably ricochet
in an annotated
re-evaluation.

Pebbledash

" Pebbledash "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Going cheek-to-jowl
with a skinny cad
in a thriller on tap
snapped by
the paparazzi
at a pebbledash.

Mottled

" Mottled "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Sky-lighted as precisely
life-sized high brows
continuing to solidify
for the first time as short lives
strobed like mottled skies.

Contemplation

" Contemplation "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Sharp new ways
coalescing into vagueness
met with invocation
and elaborate ornamentation
left to resonate
with plucky contemplation.

Jagged

" Jagged "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Quirky but infectious
blends exquisitely reflected
on the edges of memories
propelled by fractious questions
incrementally sent
in jagged back-lit projections.

Disengaging

" Disengaging "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Austerity and beauty
seemingly speak
in a disengaging
elegaic pace.

Hard Glint

" Hard Glint "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Spookily yowling punishing wind
and the hard glint of oblivion
within a horrific light-box image.

Fidgeting Wordlessly

" Fidgeting Wordlessly "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Fidgeting wordlessly despite
everything recognizably
catching the light
of a shoeshine
crossing the line.

Hovering

" Hovering "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Hovering at the periphery
of a dissonant opening
still smitten with familial lyricism.

Halfway

" Halfway "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Halfway winking
while withstanding
the treacherous lack
of catch and throw back
in a forward glance.

Embellishment

" Embellishment "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Entering the home stretch
with a friendly addendum
to a strict agenda
of rhythmic embellishment
atop genre-bending pedestals.

Prettified

" Prettified "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Closely associated
among the lesser-known
soft spoken evoking
of prettified downloads
from nearly-remote
tribulations in smoke
wafting toward home.

After Bogeying

" After Bogeying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

After bogeying the final two holes
and making copious notes
as a collective validation
for the re-awakening
of a contemporary take
with the never-wavering
avid narration
of an infatuation
for a masters' game.

Impromptu Unity

" Impromptu Unity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Best known extra-
ordinarily awesome
impromptu unity
shifting effortlessly.

Turning Action

" Turning Action "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Turning action into flattened
rhythms of abstraction
as accurate portrayals
of this and that.

Reliquified

" Reliquified "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Retracing prototypes
of virtual outlines
with reliquified ink
in subtitles of light.

Tucked Away

" Tucked Away "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Tucked away
ascending
and descending
spider-webbing
birds' eyes
in hidden hillsides.

Spiffed-Up Roughnecks

" Spiffed-Up Roughnecks "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Spiffed-up roughnecks
in a complex context
threaten to dampen
festive familial quips
with wagging fingers
and wringing hands
in a tacky clash of scale.

Bobbing versus Babbling

" Bobbing versus Babbling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Originally released
into a frothy bobbing sea
of ceaseless tidal activity
outstripped by a weakly-
streaming babbling reality.

Vagaries

" Vagaries "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Pipsqueaks speak
in accordance
with the vagaries
of backfirings
from random meetings
with little meaning.

Life Lines

" Life Lines "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Underlined timelines
collide with punch lines
veering out of line
overtime
offering streamlined
longtime life lines.

Playing Along

" Playing Along "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Playing along
without a wink
of visible brutality
beneath the lofty ceiling
of a seamless centerpiece.

Male Rail

"Male Rail "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Ecstatically
losing track
of unabashed
courtship tapping
in the vast
grasslands
of a male rail.

Cinching

" Cinching "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Cinching the title
suggesting the arrival
of an expansive new life
fixed on the horizon.

Shooting the Breeze

" Shooting the Breeze "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Major confrontations arise
when weak-chinned
blinkered individuals
choose to shoot the breeze
and defiantly combine
eye-rolling and eye-popping
into wild-eyed reprisals.