“In the Midst”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
In the midst of deadly metrics making little sense
limiting affordable access to critical medicine
due to intellectual property projections
becoming punishingly expensive
in a global pandemic creating a mathematical
remedy of “Swiss Cheese Respiratory
Pandemic Defense” representing protection
from cumulative errors and adverse events ...
“Final”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Final days of rage relentless campaigns
of vindication and vilification
promoting false claims railing against fate
in the late stages of seizing on grievances
refusing to concede vowing to repeat
like Grover Cleveland ...
“Underlying”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Underlying, “Who survives?”
hospitalizations on the rise
losing sight of signs of the times
relying on balmative hodgepodges
of Classic Honky-Tonk Hip-Hop
Hard Rock and the “Messiah”
as dotted or double-dotted calmatives...
“Shuttered In”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Shuttered in roped off
far away from red zones
eluding spiked microbes
gamboling inner roles
hermits gone rogue
posting poems...
“Nearly”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Nearly doubling the peak/retrieving bodies/ grim viral reapers/staggering casualties/death tolls climbing/eye-popping outliers/struggling to keep people alive/ infecting more than a million weekly/victims sent home and watched closely/post emergency triage at overburdened hospitals/falling short on nurses and doctors/mirroring rolling out vaccines/targeting comorbidites/obtaining maximum immunity/looming availability/reaching the heights of absurdity/tightly controlled “bubble” environments/ jury-rigged lowlights televised live at giant felled tree lightings ...
“Cursive Text”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Cursive text
hot-button temperature checks
for presidential party guests
mimicking “superspreaders”
making no mention of the pandemic
flouting protection
uncowed by mounting death ...
“Don’t Forget”
by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Don’t forget to give credit to adding dimensions
to the day-to-day aesthetic by melding elements
of warm remembrances via assemblages
of everything — even the messily
inevitable rough edges ...
