“A Name of Its Own”

 “A Name of Its Own”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A name of its own 

peculiar at first symbolized by steam 

under a banner of democracy 

far-reaching paradoxically 

exhilarating and frightening 

searching for meaning seeking cohesion 

ruled by reason abstractly severe …

“How to Use a Loofah”

 “How to Use a Loofah”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

How to use a loofah rub-a-dub-dub

three men in a tub putting out to sea

with a wiper a squeegee and a sweeper 

leaving port shoving off proceeding 

straight to the squeaky clean …

“Wafting”

 “Wafting”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Wafting coasting floating flowing

smoothing along bobbing washing

flapping flying spiraling winding

gusting blustering whooshing …

“Weighing Anchor”

 “Weighing Anchor” 

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Weighing anchor on a huge cruise ship/perpetually schlepping on congested decks/scantly napping in jam-packed cabins/getting sloshed at dive bars/over ordering watered-down drinks/wading among floods of tourists/along with hoards of hidden costs/all at obligatory ports of call …

“Sent Jittering and Bobbing”

 “Sent Jittering and Bobbing”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Sent jittering and bobbing 

amid strangely hollow props

turning towards screens and bodies 

fins cutting arteries boating monster marlins

as a popular genre fitfully scrolling

as a looming apocalypse …

“Too Dangerous to Enjoy”

 “Too Dangerous to Enjoy”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Too dangerous to enjoy 

prohibited from entering the water 

unsafe currents grim tallies swimming bans 

overwrought campers overlooking warnings 

thinking over, “Just what could go wrong?” …

“Water Wings, for Example”

 “Water Wings for Example”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Water wings, for example 

there’s no turning back 

“Did I just hear him say that?!”

while still going backwards 

like a descriptor for a champion 

as a half-page, perhaps 

in epochs for mammals 

with and without sound …