“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”
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”
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?” …
