“Confetti Storms”

 “Confetti Storms”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Confetti storms twirling disco balls 

corks popping banging on pots 

nonstop binge watching

spare plots still at large ...

“A Great Reminder”

 “A Great Reminder”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A great reminder 

hiding like none-the-wiser leviathans

never transcribed songs gone silent

El Sol rising ... 

“ A Variant Viral Form”

 “A Variant Viral Form”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A variant viral form cases soaring 

millions lost both rich and poor 

all longing for turning points 

gorging on dark chocolate 

back dooring brown and pale ales 

restoring grandstanding sass

via a fast-tracked vaccine ever after ...

“Vaporous Infiltration”

 “Vaporous Infiltration”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Vaporous infiltration virus penetration 

smokey undulations hellish incineration 

belching methane encircling the Equator

whizzing through space at a tragic pace 

birthplace desecration pluming flames 

noxious exhalation wreathed in grievous grays ...

“Revisiting”

 “Revisiting”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Revisiting the serious/alarm bells ringing/with new words for misery/doom-scrolling mask-hole/Zoom- fatigue/spilling over/building morale/a bit more bearable/like making bail/via word slang/as worry gives way to wordplay/in a postvaccine world/of everlasting quasi-normality ...

“Set to Lapse”

 “Set to Lapse”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

No hint of future plans forcing stopgap 

stress factors passing through two Bethlehems

experienced behind scratched plexiglass 

hi-fiving Santas wearing reindeer antler face masks

scavenging for cats owls and rabbits 

stopping traffic between Jolly and Nazareth 

donning black armbands for days thereafter ...

“Forebears”

 “Forebears”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Forebears wearing warm mohair

hosting post-hippie ethos

throwing holiday bowls flecked with gold 

adapting to Covid moment-to-moment 

lying prone eyes closed

on a sectional sofa of red-velvet festive Noels ...