Plying the Overlap

" Plying the Overlap "

by Suzán Jiván

Performed on YouTube
as, " Will Also Underscore "

Will also underscore
taking over over
seeing
inter-
active
access
to lavender lilacs
and notions of masculinity
both overdue and a bit
behind the times like
a parade of familiar names
along the way
as an extrapolation
of the seemingly tame
and unstraight risqué
Ripped from today
toppled over by a bank
crouched over
a dead opponent
drawing more crowds
with unseemly immediacy
and authenticity
long since eclipsed
by a string supporter
in a small audience
as the best of all
sometimes pointless
like a clotheshorse
sewing wild oats
Marvelously flexible
and full of possibility
enough to make you dizzy
as a half-dressed odalisque
on the periphery
piled high with frippery
and festooned
in striped pantaloons
Playing the overlap
between the artificial
and the natural
with a butterfly catch
held tightly scratched
and incised scarifyingly
fighting for release
while nose diving
into a white
cube with holes
in its ceiling
complete
with a fingernails-
on-the-chalkboard feeling...