“Perhaps by Habit”

 “Perhaps by Habit”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Perhaps by habit 

as a capacity to travel 

along with growing

understanding of originality 

like leaping imaginations

shaped by hands as shared

intangible accidents 

that remediated anguish…

“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?” …