by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Rather than laughably hip or camp
still moving in the nude without a clue
on the outskirts of inexplicably
widespread fashion contrasting
the explicit uncovering of a couturier's
stomping bravado and derring-do.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
An impromptu uppity awakening
with the impetus and strength
to willingly submit an original
manuscript to inevitable
multiple rejections interjected
with protective ejections
of analgesic clouds of ink.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Redolent of damp pine
sublimely fragrant
even at arm's length
along with the fermenting
grains of distant days
aromatically distilling
into a savorous someday.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
The soul survivor
of unbridaled equine kicks
rearing up with strapping illnesses
snaffled with cheekstraps
and throatlatches dispatched
with hatchet-shaped blinkers
and teardrop-masking winkers
loping along a veiled bridal path
hobbled by the brambles of the past.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Seen sipping, gulping and pouring
various jarring forms of froth
from upstart start-ups
vying for modest plucks
from the production
of all-of-a-sudden yucks
seemingly tongue-in-cheek.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Intending to foment
perpetual questions
of "But?" and "What if?"
making beings rethink
the leaps and bounds
of perception
and detection
while scratching
out an inner answer
by masterfully tapping
gritty granules
of abrasive
strands of sands.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Not nearly regarded
as art along blocks
of innocuous objects
spotted on either side
of nothing to see
chided beneath
splattered high ceilings
described in the hyping
of a chapel-like afterlife.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Something of a rarity
having long been coveted
by the elemental complexity
of the inevitability of moribundity
for the bigger-than-life still life
composed in the mourning light
of the artist's wife with revived delight.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Coming out of bereavement
unexpectedly frenzied
with pungently clustering
chords of riotous love
not worrying much
or letting up
on the harmony
coming from
much later
dazzling octaves.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Sharply written and dementedly
articulate commencing
with the admitted slip-up
of offering to walk an ungainly gaff
back across a sappy nostalgic path.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
In a throwback
to the good old days
celebrating the swooning love
of a pallid stranger
neither obvious nor opaque
winging it in front
of a stoppage of rockets
hurtling towards
an unforeseeably long blank stage.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Filled in with bold patterns
of stippling and hatchwork
pitching similar strips
picturing bearded beatniks
with pen and ink
as moonfaced extremists
easily amused
by intergalactic hilarity.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Slipping away in recent days
from a timetable with perturbation
benefitting and strengthening
misshapen legislation
dictating mandates of madness
in stints of short shrifts
spawning all sorts
of incorrigible laws.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Heeding protocols
starting with marching
to underlying decline
with masked crime fighters
while simultaneously
applying glamorized
contrivances by rewinding
non-fiction writing
like cock-eyed magpies.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Often invisibly still slipping
easily and inevitably
on the cheap in free-for-alls
called unstageable
because of remorseless
installments of uncalled-for
costive assaults
on healthcare reform
with innumerable scrapes
from machinations
whiffed backstage.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Missing its spots
least pockmarked
sunspot splotches
addressing the oddness
of not bothering to mark
provocative accomplishments
with colorfully-potted
blossoms of acknowledgement.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Captured muzzle flashes
later recanted in oldies acts
of must-read calamities
buoyed by the tightness
of worst-case fiscal faces
offering lurid explications
in riveting readings
by handfuls of seat-
of-their-pants people.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Anxious strangers
with their résumés
meeting in the wee
hours of each
darkening eve
fast becoming
the doubleton club queen
of a diagramed deal
resulting in a ruff-and-sluff.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
At first glance
hurtling back
into an anthem
of exacting gimmickry
taking a dip in the moonlit
bobbing commonplace
of a rented lot
while getting the nod
of a haughty immortal.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Leaning like commodities
printed with motifs
of disconnected dots
spotted in autobiographies
discreetly seen beneath
single sheets of ideas
left mostly bare
on paint cans
and floor plans.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Measured levels of cleverness
initially overwhelmed by references
to solo careers in the Nth degree
engrossingly ringing hollow
in self-conscious ensembles
of domesticity in pinpricks.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Spunky instinct
and salvaged femininity
with the structured beauty
of altered egos for dieties
and devotees of fevered
silk-screened dreams.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
In button-down
attempts to pin down
astral sounds
of paranoia avoiding
new-wave cyborgs
poised to force
inevitability toward
widescreen would-bes.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Richness of feeling
nuanced funk
never too much
from a chicken-
scratched middle
act with the wah-wah
pedal heard
in your head
as " wicka-wicka "
in a changed-
up rhythm.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Oddly static
worn flat
chart toppers
with the slinky beats
of a final scene
remaining
frustratingly
out of reach.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
With a wink and a nudge
from a whodunit
with the text-heavy
no-nonsense tongue
of a masterly pastiche
gleaning striking scenes
glinting promisingly
after repeatedly being
poked, prodded and parodied.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Conflicting sensations
anxiously intoxicating
and famously associated
with self-contained anticipation
of solely-animated vast open spaces.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Sighting lines drawn in the course
sand of disparaging chatter
and gruff manners of ominous tales
shorn from burnished bed rails.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Touchingly obvious, distinctly ungrand
crammed with odds and ends
from dearly-departed friends
exhibiting economic want
in an ever-more-crowded frugality
scoured by shattering fragments.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Sunshine mixing
with a few
puffy clouds
streaking
toward a bright light
with the hybrid
nature of racing
into space while aiming
for a Sea of Tranquility
located on a cratered face.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
At the hearing an overseer
made clear a willingness
to tilt personal feelings
into shots from helicopters
in a novel temporarily-created
space within a space serving as a safe
shape-shifting listeners' enclave.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Dropping hints
stylistically
dizzying
rightly-liked
longtime
triumphal
thriving
comfily
aligned.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
A new push
a long march
top secret
under siege
ramped up
eavesdropping
in highly classified
undisclosed
surveillance
hit far harder
by largely-
discarded
and disavowed
firm counsel.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
At waters' edge, distant but visible
bringing it in jury rigged
with an utter lack of inhibition.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
His heyday came later
after modification of two runways
when a one-eyed aviator
took off and landed on an airfield
lined with waiting planes.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Far from idle
in hindsight
virtually occupied
by prior lives
caught in the sites
of subway
and bus lines.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Elusive moods
of soft-faced youths
given vague
names in the day
of quickly-produced
painting booms
as shoulders droop
into superficial bits
of instinctual intervals
still trying to sniff.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
At once bucolic
over the rooftops
quickly soothed
between brains and beauty
savoring whispers in the dark
along with the pillowy richness
of welcoming intimacy.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Slowly revolving
twirling with arms
over patchy grass
for electronica fans
through the treetops flared
not long after harrassment
by prevailing laughter
cut off long before
moving out of doors.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Long awaited
out-of-the-way
worse than passé
wave after wave
fabric of everyday
mismatched mundane
vanishing strain
of an all-day
steeply-raked
greater range
of estranged rage.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Dramatically static
extremely rare
combative clamor
from a pummeled snare
in a hyper declarative
paired-off dash.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Heeding the call
rampaging through
ruminative rumors
with a buoyant new fusion
of exhuberant muses.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Late-night
improvising
of a lullaby
with the instincts
of a vintage singer
plus scintillating
signatures
of well-wishers
determined
to continue
in spinoffs.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Expected to ante up
a stylishly preshrunk
unprecedented sum
marked by troubles
but squirreled away
while remaining top-rated.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Banished to the past
with the understanding
that demolition
would be bitterly shaped
by far-flung gentility
and fragmentations
from dissonant stabbings
of savage attacks
with saccharine banter.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
To complement the permanent
by overstepping the ultimate
far-reaching ideals
of a loose-knit group
living in rural decrepit states
proclaiming greater syncopation
and avoidance of malaise
along a path not taken.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
May be hinting
pensively at first
then friskily
kicking with vigor
at the flicker
of conjured images
with acoustical lilt.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
A startling hit single
with a reedy scratchy past
underscoring grandeur
yet still lashing out
with the rediscovered growl
of an overall sound.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Pieced together
from official oblivion
pointing out secrecy
and a lack of accountability
fumbling around north and south
where stillness equals sickness
and locomotion means release.
by Suzán Jiván
for Stanislaus Dubowski
Increasingly irrelevant
visual prejudice
protectively projecting
dizzying grids
onto gravity-driven
elliptical images.
