Self-Effacement

" Self-Effacement "

by Suzán Jiván

Just a couple pretending
to be in love
in a confused production
with heretical tinkering
and all-embracing
self-effacement
as interplay...

Glaring Facets

" Glaring Facets "

by Suzán Jiván

Tense duets
now and then
in memory
especially
on weekends
set out
like gems
clasped
as glaring facets...

Red-Tinged Tips

" Red-Tinged Tips "

by Suzán Jiván

Quickly
transitioning
depicted
by cliffs signaling
steeping sensibility
in gripping ripplings
of red-tinged tips...

Like Flyweight Yesterdays

" Like Flyweight Yesterdays "

by Suzán Jiván

Giving the illusion
of translucency
wafting floor to ceiling
like flyweight yesterdays
as sheer accumulations
of diaphanous day-to-days...

Liberally Mixed

" Liberally Mixed "

by Suzán Jiván

All the features
in mediums
of exemplary
intelligence
with uncertainty
and creativity
liberally mixed
with deliberate
agility...

Tarnished Brass

" Tarnished Brass "

by Suzán Jiván

Black ceramic
beaded masks
as transformative
fashion in a massive
gallery filled to capacity
with tarnished brass...

Even

" Even "

by Suzán Jiván

But,
"No!"
picked
up
potently
plus
totally
composed
even
at
the
final
moment...

Uncertainty

" Uncertainty "

by Suzán Jiván

Such con-centrated
company cursively
blurring after being
vigorously stirred
circling urgently
churning with
uncertainty...

However Damaged

" However Damaged"

by Suzán Jiván

In serenity being buoyed
by fantasy and perky soundtracks
however damaged
by harsh narratives
well versed in the resiliency
of ritualistic clarity as if in a hymn...

A Nocturne Ruse

" A Nocturne Ruse "

by Suzán Jiván

Pitched
as a spot-
on semi-star
like a cosmic com
shooting through
a nocturne ruse...

In an Heir

" In an Heir "

by Suzán Jiván

Not nearly as optically deafening
as a feminist's spin
gleaning ideas
somewhere
in an heir...

Manically Flashing

" Manically Flashing "

by Suzán Jiván

Filling in the picture
with a digital billboard
by manically flashing
like blindingly desirous
light against a matte
background of abject black...

Never-Nevers

" Never-Nevers "

by Suzán Jiván

Stung by perception
while obsessively
confessing
psychedelic
never-nevers...

Still Stunned

" Still Stunned "

by Suzán Jiván

Ultimately howling
nowadays tapped
out and still stunned
by an all-of-a-sudden
deconstruction...

On the Line

" On the Line "

by Suzán Jiván

Still
on the line
song-
writing
about niceties
in keeping
with ringing
deeply
with meaning
while
unwaveringly
experiencing
insistently
riveting
repetition...

The Recollected

" The Recollected "

by Suzán Jiván

Uncovered together
attending
to the pretended
protection
of an edge
along with
the recollection
of the intensity
of the center...

Into Straighter Paths

" Into Straighter Paths "

by Suzán Jiván

Simple virtues
in review
playing
with sympathies
before whipping
minimalistic
zigzags
into straighter paths
with greater clarity...

While Angling

" While Angling "

by Suzán Jiván

No less
familiar
tiptoeing
toward
commitment
like cultish
lovers
lavishing
flings
as eccentrics
while angling
toward scarcely-
examined
exasperating
flack...

Serious-Mindedness

" Serious-Mindedness "

by Suzán Jiván

Real urban life
inclined to derive
serious-mindedness
in dim light
as tirelessly
worthwhile...

Remindings

" Remindings "

by Suzán Jiván

Light-filled
remindings
at nighttime
like indecipherable
outsiders
most likely
to be docile
as opposed to vile...

Unveil

" Unveil "

by Suzán Jiván

Taking over
tearing apart
plans to
unveil
wave-
lashed
glass
scoured
on
a
large
scale...

Belied

" Belied "

by Suzán Jiván

Duplicity
upheld
as posturing
for authenticity
while simultaneously
being
belied
by
make-
believe...

Morphing

" Morphing "

by Suzán Jiván

Appealing intimacy
while quickly
morphing
into invariably
reedy chords
of a desultory
courtship...

The Grid

" The Grid "

by Suzán Jiván

The surprise pick
as a stunt
or riff
in each
compartment
of the grid
silhouetted
as munificent
individuals
with the willingness
to forgive...

Stunned to Discover

" Stunned to Discover "

by Suzán Jiván

A live model
like a stand-in
for a gutsy
makeover
in the moment
thought
to have been
stunned to discover
an endless run
of figurative sculpture
as a conceptual stunt...

Eternalized

" Eternalized "

by Suzán Jiván

Iconic delight
dramatized
as desire
like divine
blazes of light
eternalized...

Almost Any Remembrance

" Almost Any Remembrance "

by Suzán Jiván

A reflection as a collection
of ephemera meant to represent
almost any remembrance
as a haphazard shimmering mash-up
of disparate artifacts...

In a World

" In a World "

by Suzán Jiván

In a world
of greatness blurred
form emerges
with eyes
fixed in the distance
along with original ambitions...

Filling the Grid

" Filling the Grid "

by Suzán Jiván

Filling the grid
with prevalence
and hidden
no mores
while ignoring
the discord
of recall
being inlaid
with steel
and slate...

Inside Divine

" Inside Divine "

by Suzán Jiván

Low visibility
with high ideals
in short supply
as lowlifes
maraud
inside divine
high-rises...

Attracts and Assaults

" Attracts and Assaults "

by Suzán Jiván

Attracts and assaults
with, " Come Hither "
then, " GO NOW! "
as fanatically kitschy
ups and downs
like graphically punchy
disguises underlying
striking sightlines...

Seminal Connections

" Seminal Connections "

by Suzán Jiván

Wildly textured with astute attention
to written mentions
as testaments to revved-up
seminal connections...

Glossy Meaning

" Glossy Meaning "

by Suzán Jiván

The actual titled
on front covers
discreetly
lip-synced
with
glossy meaning
in theory
like idealized
creeds
silkscreened...

Frantic Acts

" Frantic Acts "

by Suzán Jiván

Jig sawed
frantic acts
present
and past
as shutter
snapped
blurry
photographs
with honorary
status in scraps...

In Seeming Syncopation

" In Seeming Syncopation "

by Suzán Jiván

The hybrid
genre joint
shots
subtracted
patterns
during
travels
stretching
and
flexing
while
twitching
in place
in seeming syncopation
with a claimed collaborator...

Fitted Together

" Fitted Together "

by Suzán Jiván

Sheer
interestingness
fitted together
with little else
than memorable
elements
represented
by as of yet
undetectable
specters...

Ignoring No More

" Ignoring No More "

by Suzán Jiván

You know something as actual
after a small brawl
ignoring no more
outrage
as if unfazed
by mauling
mind games...

A Long Recoil

" A Long Recoil "

by Suzán Jiván

Of course a performance
widely held
while bending herself
as a long recoil...

Readily Spent

" Readily Spent "

by Suzán Jiván

Wonders
something
widely held
yet
readily spent
like
all the rest
of an in-
accessible
self
long and slender
as a hidden
hatpin
bent as well...

Or Perhaps

" Or Perhaps "

by Suzán Jiván

A how-to
pointing out
reshuffled
tracks
or perhaps
unanswered
therefores
as long-term
cursive worlds
hover then plunge
as stubbornly touching
and shamelessly yesterday...

Beyond

" Beyond "

by Suzán Jiván

A chameleon absorbing
cheers and applause
as lovely and lovelorn
beyond
recall forced to make a point...

Hands-On

" Hands-On "

by Suzán Jiván

Calling on prospects for calm
while declining to comment
as upstarts on laptops
wirelessly scoff
at hands-on...

As a Call-and-Response Opera

" As a Call-and-Response Opera "

by Suzán Jiván

Completely unordinary
as a call-and-response opera
while wending its way
with appraisers and mediators
as compensation for actually engaging
in conversation as give-and-take...

Evoking

" Evoking "

by Suzán Jiván

Authorities
on myth ritually visual
tinged with glib artifice
lit with deliberateness
reminiscent of the intrinsic
complicity of distant history
with persistent unease
retrenching after crises
ultimately
evoking
homespun demeanors
by tapping into deeply
rooted ancient trees...

Exaggerated

" Exaggerated "

by Suzán Jiván

For the most part
in-between art
real bodies
in wonkily
ardent
dialogues
involving
wildly
improvisational
and innovative
up takes
of blonde waifs
in translation
with props
and costumes
displayed
as handmade
with
exaggerated
makeup
and
handsomely
generated
combinations
as seen
somewhere
between
indiscreet
realism
and
the absolute
mendacity
of abstraction...

Make Believe

" Make Believe "

by Suzán Jiván

A bit melodramatically
answering the need
for make believe
as autobiography
complete with white knuckling
in a series taking a little something
from each as artistic thinking
while veering toward dismantling
conflicting boundaries within proximity
to deemed necessities...

Pupating

" Pupating "

by Suzán Jiván

Gray
landscapes
populated
by
pupating
psyches
morphing
inside
chrysalis-
like
cocoons
of
primordial
light...

Illustrating Stasis

" Illustrating Stasis "

by Suzán Jiván

In varying
ways
illustrating stasis
of a new
day
on an anti-
gravitationally
glacial
pavement
between
bare
legs...