Requiring Repeated Viewings

" Requiring Repeated Viewings "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Exploring Decay "

Exploring decay
in a transparent tank
filled with rank remains
requiring repeated viewings
of reclining nudes as seen in minute
smears of disappearing ink
Leaving white lines of monotypes
created for the entire multiplication
table as an exaggeration filed away
with a suicidal bride in a silent afterlife
As the unprintable title
of fogged-over eyes
begrudgingly ending up
in a prison-like jumbled
mind with moody lighting
Dancing awkwardly
away from the limelight
seemingly mesmerized
by the finality of accuracy
snuggling in mink
intent on retarding it
In fits and starts
with a shot on the arm
of the obvious
Suspended logic
holding on
with a nod
to the probable
as a cultivated star
of the foreign
with alarm
Like a guest artist
never wanting
the hardly unwelcoming
milking of publicity
like a potbellied pig
Gone unnoticed after bringing
down the house before a crowd
in an intimate single ring
of the long familiar within inches...