Sold Out

" Sold Out "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Extraordinarily evil
stringing of expletives
with stifled cheering
in sold-out screenings
of seeing doors
opening quickly
for the crowd-
pleasing tactic
of yelling on cue
and clapping avidly.

Almost Farcical

" Almost Farcical "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Almost farcical overtones
for keeping rain harvesting a secret
while illegally watering publicly
and being open to a freeze
for personal hygiene
foregoing a two-
litre lead after warring.

Gateway

" Gateway "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanuslaus Dubowski

Conceptually transparent
and visually too cute
yet relatively modest and spotty
peppered with bits of cynicism
across stretched pink vinyl
that looks and feels like
raw enveloping skin
across the arched gateway
of a sorting-out phase.

Extras

" Extras "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Aesthetically progressive
baring big-nosed masks
and helmeted extras
in a formal tour de force
of topically modern
artist's artists.

Just Shy

" Just Shy "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Declining to identify
just shy of a high
in a different time
when a passerby
could mimic
an original
as a continuance.

Skittish

" Skittish "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Tepid at best
with skittish selling
and high estimates
for two women dressed
in bubble-gum colors
bought by a bidder
drastically different
in miniature.

Beauty

" Beauty "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Hilariously gruesome beauty
veering between dainty and crude
in a cacophonous room
just about anywhere
right after the sale
of the last test of the past.

Tweaking

" Tweaking "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Tweaking
or embellishing
strong and weak
alternative realities
as relics of plenty
all ready from the deep.

Biggest Hits

" Biggest Hits "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

His biggest hits
embedded in
the cultural
firmament
trickling in
to off-limit
buildings
hit or miss.

Quintessential

" Quintessential "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Quintessential celebrity
pronounced dead
having spent
the spectacle
of infectious energy.

Hushed

" Hushed "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Hushed introspection
with equally ambient
bits of swing
coincidingly
dark and whispery
in an ominous
peripheral fog.

Awash

" Awash "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The production pulses
with a decent buzz
as a tale of something
from a dot-com bubble
awash in Web money.

Places

" Places "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Places to press the flesh
where " wikiwiki "
means " to hurry "
and a call results
in an abrupt hang-up
for a maximum
five-member cast.

Fantasy

" Fantasy "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

An acclaimed fantasy
on the final list of nominees
snubbed by the best picture
but stil an eventual winner
still having extravagantly-
theatrical expendable cash.

For Free

" For Free "

by Suzán Jiván

for Megawords Smyrski

Incomparably majestic
compellingly credible
in recent memory
playing it big
feeling the pinch
putting the "eek"
back into eking
for one thing
printing " zines "
for free.

One Time

" One Time "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Stepped up efforts
still unwilling to accept
overwhelming intelligence
that the enemy stems
from a much-reviled
outwitted rival
in a one-time
far cry of dying.

Mile High

" Mile High "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Mile-high flyovers
transfixed by meager offerings
of tight purse strings
in a line up of late-night repeats
seen for the first time this evening
desperately latching on
and wickedly gasping midscene.

Playing

" Playing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Making less
stray recollections
from freckly nicknames
while playing charades
and leaving tiny tastes
of lazy observations.

Interlocking

" Interlocking "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Interlocking
with greater fluidity
toward dissonance
emphasizing
harmonic clashes
and vaguely jazzy
bare bits of timbre.

Laced

" Laced "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Laced with fault lines
and armored convoys
clashing between
originals and copies
in an effects-ladened opus
of odious leftovers.

Wistful

" Wistful"

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Wistful with no credit limit
through attrition
either dead or imprisoned
with sanctioned prejudice
and little or no high risk.

Fate

" Fate "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Fate resonates
in a very different nation
stirring wide rage
in a cat-and-mouse game.

Disarming

" Disarming "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A few disarming moments
unfold slowly
cradled against shoulders
arrayed in rows
of ominous dominoes.

Intact

" Intact "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Left intact
as valid
in favor
of narrowing
the ground
and stretching
the statutory
when venturing out.

Once Mocked

" Once Mocked "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Once mocked as too smarmy
when word of mouth
becomes as fragile
as a battle of gum smacking.

Outspoken

" Outspoken "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Noisily outspoken
and all-around
painted lips
over leathery chins
unfolding slowly
in phantasmagorical
metaphors sliding along
to the lulling point
of whiplash force.

Not Long

" Not Long "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Not long after elsewhere
is the circumstance
of a damsel's helmet hair
adding the heir
of a ragtag newscaster
speaking in the shrinking
space between
the real and the fake.

Ringtones

" Ringtones "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Showing up unexpectedly
dominating the conversation
with the many ways of shared disdain
for proselytizing the stark gospel
of bootstrap revolutions
with home-grown ringtones.

Rewrite

" Rewrite "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Busily energetic
yet full of dead ends
lovely but lifeless
in need of rewrite
or revival
able-voiced
but otherwise
underqualified
for vivifying
a legend
that never dies.

Longstanding

" Longstanding "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Together uninterruptedly
struggling to shuck off
longstanding defaults
of barroom singalongs
staunchly marching
to the fore of a higher-
minded contrivance.

Signaling

" Signaling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Signaling waning tolerance
for the voices of the poor
far more affordable
than wrenching layoffs
from accidental drawings
of adorned cornerstones
layed along porous borders.

Uncontested

" Uncontested "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Amid it all
a figment
of a sort
strung between
fetid ghettos
hardly ever
ducks the club
of uncontested finesse.

Amid It All

" Amid It All "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Achieving astonishing
contrasts of scale
besides small details
amid it all
rocket launchers
between to points
unleash concussive waves
and reverberate into fables.

Apparition

" Apparition "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A few inauthenticities
in a Platonic shift
of an apparition
making the air quiver
part bouffant
causing alarm.

Floating

" Floating "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Floating in jump after jump
surpassing the pulse
of ravishing simplicity
wrapped neatly
in a deceptively savvy
rippling collapse.

Pinnacle

" Pinnacle "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

At the pinnacle with an iron grip
of sacred victory in distant cities
swelling with scarlet dissidents.

Elliptical

" Elliptical "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Irksomely elliptical new ways
for biochemicals to self-assemble
in soberingly-anxious portrayals
of inorganic matter emerging on Earth.

Flowery

" Flowery "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Clench-jawed hard-liners
swarm flowery rivals
subsuming into one
do-it-all position
made from the bene-
volent enigmas
of hedonistic hippies
lined up as smiley
tie-dyed headliners.

Unifying

" Unifying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

A telling sign machine designed
with unifying friction to within an inch
neatened up and flattened out
against a circular ground.

Performing

" Performing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Performing tics
twists and bends
in a show
within a show
with several deaths
within a joke
showcasing
an endless array
of amazing legs.

Primary

" Primary "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

In the most primary sense
sharper to better effect
a descending pedestal
in itself a pleasure
with more suspense
in truly expressive
lit cigarettes.

For Flora

" For Flora "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

For flora, fauna
and all things crawly
open to the second order
properly tossed-off
by vanity and disappointment
ordering the band to play softly
while taking an hour
to warm up a voice.

Lessons

" Lessons "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Lessons in how power is challenged
playing out studded morale
with unilateral hunting companions
in intergalactic extravaganzas.

Entirely

" Entirely "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Entirely taped
edited and broadcast
in a war zone
easily distracted
hardly starved
ever mindful
yet, inevitably
tongue-in-cheek
excellent, slangily.

Ageing

" Ageing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

The look of the past
visibly ageing
lazy, sun-soaked days
with a modern take
spotting benefits by the day
at the nearest cafe
in the face of a fragrance.

Real

" Real "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Real talk of a sea change
outstripping the pace
of unleashed victories
by flooding the streets
with happy distractions
where the atmosphere
is far removed
from an upscale
lithe force
of cold calls.

Given

" Given "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Given carte blanche
despite long odds
heavy on bling
and binge commodities
acknowledging secrets
of high-mindedness
as dead-serious
apocalyptical
excesses again.

Uncertainty

" Uncertainty "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Another uncertainty
uncontrolled legacy
acknowledging fragility
of varying strands
entirely abandoned
buckling dance.

A Smidgeon

" A Smidgeon "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Just a smidgeon
of uplift
helps
to transition
into fragility.

Parting

" Parting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Parting ways
paying full freight
as a hardball player
counting on
word of mouth
as fallout
from the barest
of details
in the luminous
dissonance
of an off-
kilter rhythm.