“Spelling Out” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Spelling Out”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Spelling out,
“locking down”
capturing fragility
enforcing quarantines
well into spring
experiencing familiar greens
from at least 6 feet
beneath flowering deep-
pink cherry trees
living at opposite extremes
of the dreary
while throwing Frisbees
as the latest spinning routine
for families gleefully
flinging in the clear
lowering anxiety feeling relief
but not too closely
“Don’t escape goat me”
where, “Love is Quarantine”
postponed indefinitely
applying visual mending
patching darning pulling through ...