A Recent Self-Release

" A Recent Self-Release "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Featuring the Accomplished "

Featuring the accomplished
as a recent self-release
while spinning with tradition
as well as the unexpected
twists and turns
of dramaturgical surgery
with the painstaking
detail of a noir gangster
in drag as a felon
without question
Obsessively pressing
the fast-forward button
like a vibrating device
for tricking the mind
in front of each eye
stymying dilation
plus befuddling
the tongue
When tethered
together
with momentum
while
hanging our heads
as a final
sign
of an opening
line
of the likewise
not far behind
Like
the equivalent
of a sinister
familiar
forced to draw
a single straw
and coming
up short...