Assuming a Pose

" Assuming a Pose "

by Suzán Jiván

Spit and polish
lavishly stocked
in an avante garde salon
of the remarkable
holding out for promise
presciently conjured
like the bygone
preoccupied
at the same time
identically in exile
with a quadruple
bow and jabot
among the oldest
ingeniously folded
in alternating rows
while assuming a pose
as a shaggy coat
grizzled gray
tapering at the base
speckled red standing erect
broad head digging claws
conspicuously moist and noisy
like a swooping swarm...