Snapped into Place

" Snapped into Place "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Unwinding Over
a Single Night "

Unwinding over a single night
never diminishing in wit
with resemblances to critters
with hunched shoulders
in parodies of roles
rarely thought-provoking
as jet-black hairballs
Interrupted mid-mugging
by the nail-biting
of white-bread lives
armed with racing bikes
and shark-like smiles
acted out like oversized
fantasies of complete weaklings
Drawn and fired behind the scenes
of wayward experience
in the shrewdly specious
macho sequencing
of a corruptive hunk
Squirming belatedly
as baited in a game
of solipsistic masculinity
called out as catch
with the seductive trappings
of tempting banter
Snapping into place
at the plate
aimlessly chaste...

Just Happening to Be

" Just Happening to Be "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Straight into the Heart "

Straight into the heart
of rhapsodic rarities
with shades of irony
just happening to be
endearing as salutes
to the promises
of live music
previously recorded
As specially
commissioned duets
testing how pleasure
is expressed
under the pressure
of poor health
Feeling as tense
as hair metal
with strong effects
on eventual gait
and direction
rooted in sequestered
gestures bereft
of intelligence
In an uncanny blend
of jokes and jitters
in homage
to the marginally
ripped upper body
voicing a paranormal
screech
with prosthetic teeth...

The Long Awaited

" The Long Awaited "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Just Days Away "

Just days away
from the long-awaited
unfortunate if unavoidable
spanning more
of the carefully thought
intricacies of history
With a temporary kitchen
and a substantial dinner
with a simpler main dish
of chicken livers
in s skillet of persistence
indicative of tradition
As blurred vision
preferably fresh
after losing its redness
returning to the question
of aromas of cherries
as a sixth sense
minus bitterness
As influential as memory
proceeding to benefit
pastry chefs
like rum-raisin
mulled flavors
in three layers
As glazed invitations
smashed into a paste
drizzled with the remaining
lightly dressed preparations
after a spell of cool weather
at the center...

A Rippling Solo

" A Rippling Solo "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " There is No Innocence "

There is no
innocence
in artfulness
like plastic objects
locked in an archly
unhearty post-
modernist
mock hip-hop
of to and fro
in a rippling solo
of overt self-disclosure
Prospering as smartness
in irksome dramas of reportage
with tick tick tocks in epilogues
like forearms far beyond sidearms
of familiar genres of gotcha
As self-conscious tentative nods
gone for a romp gaudily awash
in chaotic fog-horn honks
promising knowledge
in foreign fonts as phenomenons
Like mild larks as vague targets
of harsh comments in improbable
cabals chronicled
on and off an awful lot
Skilled in comic hodgepodges
so much for the plots
as departures from suicide watches
trying way too hard...

Fast Awakening

" Fast Awakening "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Largely Translations "

Largely translations
laid out and hard to embrace
through the maze
of widely anticipated
implausible saliency
fast awakening
and up to date
In negotiation as a coterie
near completion
modestly and cautiously
with a small light
turned on inside
once in a while
Starting out as a fractal
without pitch or timbre
modestly picturing
the naïveté
as a stranger
shall we say
Down to the sources
of each tone
along slippery slopes
of probing pathos
further away
from per se
As a warm attachment
to the past
walking or chattering
while glowing
in amber somewhere
As the hapless
stepping stones
neither knowing
nor mastering
stratospheres
of inanity
with fine madness
scandalously stacked
As aimless characters
making pitiable statements
like madcap beanbag chairs
trying to spark odd concoctions
by dancing in the dark
embarking with eyebrows arched...

Practicing Being Scared

" Practicing Being Scared "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " It Doesn't Matter "

It doesn't matter
practicing being scared
when monsters
pop out of the dark
and you get
your freak on
with a superstar
dear to your heart
while chugging a cocktail
in spotted pajamas
Screaming can hardly
be helped
when suitably
creeped out
in a haunted house
stalked by chainsaws
in dim quarters
Choose any theme
or medium
like a gnarled bottle
in a scarlet box
as angels drop
on what will follow
perched on stars
with a fixed repertoire
Miraculously intact
built from scratch
based on patterns
of artifacts
believed to have
vanished
Only graphics
on a black screen
with typed commands
like, " walk east "
and, " open window "
with no mouse
and no sound
wandering without
never having been allowed...

Devotional Close-Ups

" Devotional Close-Ups "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Listed on the Masthead "

Listed on the masthead
as a way of saying,
" Wonky " without
being, " Geeky "
when wincing
with resignation
and straining
for effort
as pulpheaded
grotesques
of indelible,
" whatevers "
Obliquely evoking
devotional close-ups
as full-throated
disassociations
mixing and mingling
fittingly with ragtag
sensibilities
Planning and regretting
skimpy breakfasts
with confessions
of heavy drinking
engulfed in tiger lilies
including scholars
and security guards
doubling as snuffboxes
In entourages
of juried art
as peasants toddling
and frogs hopping
in a windup clock
of catharsis...

Coming to Mind

" Coming to Mind "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Doesn't Even Resemble "

Doesn't even resemble
a more compelling entrance
as psychedelics instead
of interactive anything elses
poking their heads
into cramped stairwells
suggesting the tendency
to fester throughout all the rest
As infrared emergences
at the other end of several
compelling centuries of spectrums
of fear and depression extending
into morbid withdrawal
shrugging off after all
Almost all fragments attached
topped by cut glass
supplanting exacting
dry brown grasses
as baleful idiocies of man
with soul-creeping abandon
Life-enhancing crystalline masters
of spiritual catastrophes
as finicky small-scale
brain scramblers
Coming to mind
as eerily quiet
nearbys
on
a highly-
refined
long-time
otherwise...

Now and Over

" Now and Over "

by Suzán Jiván

Now and over
to the next
fennel and garlic
starting to soften
over medium heat
thickening slightly
Estimated on Thursday
picking up the pace
with change in the making
as traces of persuasion
by lantern-faced fundraisers
with insatiable slavering fangs
as dopplegängers
just days away
from the long-awaited
Closed for renovation
wafting from a café
all in the name
of fire regulations
and reinstallations
of imagined space
with great anticipation
in an empty gray space
of bewildering
states of opiate
intoxication
unmoored
from self-
deprecating
foundations
with waivers...

As a Hankering for a Masterpiece

" As a Hankering for a Masterpiece "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed in YouTube
as, " Inventive and Gifted "

Inventive and gifted
wanting to whip it up
as a hankering for a masterpiece
of ingenuity emerging bubbling
At a takeout window after midnight
with an earthy aroma and fruity flavor
baked with meringue
Now the main meaty flavors
placed on a plate in an array
of basking flavors of marinade
Turning occasionally
charred in places
then crumbled with
bacon minus the wait
Winsomely bitter in the tradition
of citrus-tinged suspicion
somewhere in the middle
Denser and more tannic
but attractive aged in new barrels
found on the common ground
of awakened palates
balanced with the silky
lush flavors of flowers...

Living On

" Living On "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Disproportionate Pleasure "

Disproportionate pleasure
revealing
a conspiratorial bent
at an ultra-high
temperature
using leftover
heat in a wrinkle
as perks
living on
in moussaka
Full stop
in a competitive
market
totally swamped
with mini models
grumpy and hungary
when inducted
into the just too big
Slammed through
as just too cute
hand-rolled
mottled waffles
as most popular
while sporting
a dollop on top
Probably not
a major olive
in combination
with Parmesan
laboriously
cored and chopped
into a colander
then poured
into a warm pot...

Cheering Up

" Cheering Up "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Needs and Gets "

Needs and gets
some connecting
some projected
as pratfalls for airheads
of unfussy love
cheering up,
" I tawt I taw
a ting da draw "
Over the long haul
with a winning score
of the skinny sort
forfeited in autumn
sinking ball after ball
more and more
Mourned
as recognized stories
while laughing along
but holding off
guffaws
in happy-go-lucky
unauthorized
designs for life
held off to the side...

Like a Chance to Play

" Like a Chance to Play "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Trying to Retain "

Trying to retain
artifacts
of major outrage
as an A.O.K.
like a chance to play
along the way
like awakening
to incarnation
in legacies of pathos
Inducing
conscious-raising
in the face
of a surname
leisurely
against the speed
and pace
of a digital age
Via older creative
affectations
in shipping containers
with something
of the flavor of fleeting
beauty mixed in
with world-weary cruelty
Consisting mainly
of unseen demons
in profane fables
with high-ranking
outsized
prosaic campaigns
of pervasive persuasion
undeniably
via bribery and patronage
without complaint
Dwelling on the demise
of covert alliances
all in the mind
as a de-emphasized
run-and-hide
humankind
while doing time
Barely worth
mentioning
in first-name
notation
chilling say
as estranged
roommates
drawing acclaim
while lying dying
with subtitles
of blurring lines...

Street-Cred Skeptics

" Street-Cred Skeptics "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as " Glancing Back "

Glancing back
to an international
collaboration
with one feeding
off the other
determined
to smother
cultural couplings
winding up
unfulfilled
with stinginess
A colleague insists
on poignant existence
shot as a shimmering
daily grind
swelling to a fame-obsessed
directionless, " Yelp "
Attesting to the premise
of hell-bent rejection
as street-cred skeptics
catching the attention
of no-good threats-
rebelliously empty...

Peering Obsessively

" Peering Obsessively "

by Suzán Jiván

Admiring comments
inspiring and creepy
outside the ring
while peering obsessively
into push-button realms
of relentlessness
as barbed endeavors
of the not-so-tender
All-too-familiar
compulsively shifting
between comic jigs
of stiff-upper-lips
and tongue-and-cheeks
undergoing
mind-control
in starring roles
Most valuable
overtones
like comminglings
of stardom and firearms
in muddles of art
post-Oscar
whisperings of, " Ah "
with fragile charm
becoming jarring
as, " Ahhhh! " ...

Sheer Madness

" Sheer Madness "

by Suzán Jiván

Unanswerable in advance
of physical intimacy
curling up without incident
switching between
fleeing and facing ordeals
sturdy then frail
contingent on circumstance
happening off camera
Preparing for a new recruit
from the acutely rural
whatever the mood
from solitude to collusion
with the ingenuity
of a communal pseudonym
masking shallow shams
and romantic clamorings
with amorous arrogance
Lithe young bodies
with sinewy sinister charisma
candidly dabbling
with indeterminate spans
of antagonistic happiness
intermittently
chuckling and bickering
As a sequel in a gag-reel
commendably free
despite contrivances
with passers by
as relatively wise
but liable to lapse
into an anti-climax
of sheer madness...

Stunning Sultriness

" Stunning Sultriness "

by Suzán Jiván

The bold resurgence
of stunning sultriness
as sumptuous luxury
with uncanny
knacks for the grand
geeky-glam
as luminaries
of masters
lit from within
Capturing a panorama
divided by horizon lines
gone tragically awry
more and more privately
underlying above right
Strikingly delicate
in private collections
by flashlight
a few weeks shy
of admirers
on the fly
Like studies
of juveniles
getting their due
relatively soon
mastering their fruits
A character study mostly
as maximum gross
overly clever
but none the less
already said
plagued
by the long-dead
paying attention
Both surprisingly
and heartbreakingly
through wordplay
with careful parings
of, " Never Fails " ...

Gleaming Proudly

" Gleaming Proudly "

by Suzán Jiván

The putative aura
of chunky forms
laminated with plastic
as special status
stacked
like falling ladders
gleaming proudly
Torn and gouged
stained and splattered
after being bent over backward
on monochromed grounds
suggesting collapse
as less nostalgically
fragmented
like latter-day maps
Scratched and ragged
no-nonsense stares
stoically exalted
when grasped
hand-over-hand
in all-over patterns
of top-ranked talent...

Out of Focus

" Out of Focus "

by Suzán Jiván

It should be noted
in hand-blown tableaux
as serious moments
as if you didn't know
disclosed in poetic
repose now showing
out of focus
and all alone
Superbly airy
as a face-framing
exaggeration
like a phalanx
of invigorating fray
Highly artificial
filled with the glints
and quirks
of contradiction
as indivisible...

An Adaptive Wisecrack

" An Adaptive Wisecrack "

by Suzán Jiván

One here, one there
as an adaptive wisecrack
to the classical decades past
sturm and drang
Like dating and romance
as an overbearing mish-mash
in the aftermath of a stage collapse
recapitulated with improvisation
in an off-stage ballet choreographed
with the latent intimation
of action and restraint...

Watching the Horizon

" Watching the Horizon "

by Suzán Jiván

It's just nostalgia
once ubiquitous
now limited
like human-
powered
watercraft
by watching
the horizon
then observing
what's left behind
while vibrating
with wakes
flag waving
in our eyes
and in our hair
as visceral cringes
on packing lists
sent up the road a bit
after pausing with thought
and making a corporeal
choice of assault
star-gazing in a backyard
parking lot
looking for migrant species
while remembering thinking
for the last time
this season with immediacy...

Mind-Stretched

" Mind-Stretched "

by Suzán Jiván

Often shared
and experienced
as analytical thinking
mixed
indistinguishably
with the ingenuity
of the day-to-day
surpassing
matter-of-factness
as magically
mind-stretched
beginnings compressed
end-to-end
with a little of the incredible
as exceptionally
receptive attentiveness
like self-reflexive surrender
into hallucinogenic
loops of illusion
as considerable ambition
gently immersive
mercifully facing away
while memorizing names
dressed for the occasion
too heavily for lightweight...

Capturing Abilities

" Capturing Abilities "

by Suzán Jiván

Blending whimsy with difficulty
while capturing abilities
supplied by scratchily deadpan
organic tolerance for eccentricities
with anti-literal metaphysical inklings
like the heavens and earth
beyond all promise as the melody
of a harp, often cosmic
small and specific
as high-pitched non-fiction...

Surprisingly Tolerable

" Surprisingly Tolerable "

by Suzán Jiván

Surprisingly tolerable
nonsense marred
by question marks
and sounds
of dirty-word
bombs lobbed
through bleachy-
white teeth
while shrieking
epiphanies
like wishful thinking
rankled by bland
laughter soon thereafter...

Interspersing

" Interspersing "

by Suzán Jiván

Interspersing
obvious returns
to the world
whether or not
redemption is possible
in a conventional plot
of time-lapse shots...

Hurly-Burly

" Hurly-Burly "

by Suzán Jiván

Pleasantly removed
from the hurly-burly
with long-held shots
concealing as much
as they reveal deliberately
stripped of drama early on...

Untitled

" Untitled "

by Suzán Jiván

Untitled
arranged
by type
as mask-like
lifetimes
coming
back to life
mission style...

Signed and Dated

" Signed and Dated "

by Suzán Jiván

Signed and dated
with palpable
determination
repeatedly indicated
from body to face
animated as angular
softened by shading
like planar culminations...

Something of a Blessing

" Something of a Blessing "

by Suzán Jiván

Remarkably free examining
something of a blessing
rather tentatively freshly
displayed in a hallway
as a heyday
with a penetrating gaze...

Not Until

" Not Until "

by Suzán Jiván

Not until
the tiniest
wee bit
of thrift
for the
quick-
witted
astoundingly
riven with
the unfamiliar
shaved
into ribbons
before
rot sets in...

Stay Far Away

" Stay Far Away "

by Suzán Jiván

Stay far away
from the recommendations
you may have made
after becoming totally staid
by posing and questioning
the very same taste sensations
where lobsters and steaks still reign...

Grating the Frozen Pepperoni

" Grating the Frozen Pepperoni "

by Suzán Jiván

Grating the frozen pepperoni
hard pressed to forget keeping abreast
of new tastes on market-fresh plates
topped by the craziest out-there flavors

On and Off

" On and Off "

by Suzán Jiván

On and off
while showing off
much more
in a signature song
fraught with longings
in shapely forms
of anime and longing...

Resembling

" Resembling "

by Suzán Jiván

Resembling
a swing set
as a legacy
to the playful
ensconced
in a tubular
landscape
surveying
purveyance
of levitation
in chains...

Hard to Resist

" Hard to Resist "

by Suzán Jiván

Hard to resist
calligraphic scripts
hand-scrolled
over bamboo groves
in global ratios
as juxtaposed osmosis...

Masterly Range

" Masterly Range "

by Suzán Jiván

Inquisitive and passionate
as much talked about earlier work long-awaited and full-length
over the decades in masterly range...

Elevated

" Elevated "

by Suzán Jiván

Elevated on a small
inaugural pedestal
in an original
retrospective
exhibition
flourishing
commensurably
as memory
on a free-
standing
hand-
holdable
scale...

A Number

" A Number "

by Suzán Jiván

A number
of big names
take the stage
breathing relief
featuring sighing
yielding kaleidoscopic
oxygen as artists...

An Archive

" An Archive "

by Suzán Jiván

An archive
carved out
then flattened
with solicitous facets
silhouetted conceptually
against severity...

Converse

" Converse "

by Suzán Jiván

Converse
as a semi-
circular
purpose
stacked
vertically
as happenstance
in a thread-bare tapestry
hanging awkwardly
like a life-size portrait...

A Wing

" A Wing "

by Suzán Jiván

A wing
resembling
recent history
tapering toward
an inexhaustibly small
flexible point delicately strong....

A Destination

" A Destination "

by Suzán Jiván

A destination
as it happens
like an enactment
of bas relief
perfectly installed
soothingly decorous
all along a far opposite wall...

Other Visitors

" Other Visitors "

by Suzán Jiván

Other visitors
as snippets
arriving
at indiscriminate
intervals
requiring various riffs
like intermittent
biopic stills
as sample clips...

The Biggest So Far

" The Biggest So Far "

by Suzán Jiván

The biggest so far
happening as art
trying hard innocuously
like captions bringing abstraction
to narratives as massive
cobbled plazas of triangular angles...

Small, But Engrossing

" Small, But Engrossing "

by Suzán Jiván

Small, but engrossing
now showing as an almost
robust triumph resembling a giant
clear-eyed decisively notable flight
into equanimity with poetry
depicted munificently
singly and collectively...

Something More

" Something More "

by Suzán Jiván

Something more
than formal exploring
like the cracked glass
top-ranking pranksters
as indefatigable
cartoon characters
as pointy-toothed diplomats
with complete compassion...

Hard to Establish

" Hard to Establish "

by Suzán Jiván

Hard to establish
the lack
as no choice
like entirely
longstanding
bona fide
wry riffs
surrounded
by old-style
dry humor...

A Fair Number

" A Fair Number "

by Suzán Jiván

A fair number
of caustic guffaws
in accordance
with boisterous
distortions
like wintry
histories
sanitized
icy and austere
scrubbed clean
by a mere trifling
of twittering giggling...

An Extended Essay

" An Extended Essay "

by Suzán Jiván

An extended essay
as a joint force of a cause
for countering mounting
status or character
like a biannual survey
made up of everything
from graffiti to junk
at surprisingly seductive junctures...

Longstanding Interest

" Longstanding Interest "

by Suzán Jiván

Longstanding interest
in narrative embellishments
with sartorial trends
as splendid mannequins
opening up possibilities
of subtleties evincing
crowd-pleasing
smartphone-wielding scrutiny...