“The Toppling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“The Toppling”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The toppling
of monuments
signaling shifts
in history as symbols
of social turbulence
spray painted defaced
warehouse remains ...

“Utterly Ordinary” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Utterly Ordinary”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Utterly ordinary
escalated force
by law enforcement
all according to protocol
launched without warning
claiming to have given
clear, detailed dispersal orders
during stand offs
disputing semantics
normalizing the “gaslighting”
of canisters, grenades
shells and sprays ...

“New Threats” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“New Threats”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

New threats
re-openings
suspended
dreaded questions
urgent lessons
positive tests
for ineptness
by “dead-enders”
with a vengeance
seeking re-election
demanding our attention
versus
keeping to ourselves...

“In the Context of Temperature Checks”

“In the Context of Temperature Checks”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

In the context of temperature checks
setting records across Sun Belts
in their highest case numbers yet
over erratic measures of records of deaths
hitting landmark levels
losing one’s grip on pandemics
pointing guns at foreheads ...

“Answerable to Nobody” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Answerable to Nobody”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Answerable to nobody
within long-running conglomerates
in large part mixed martial arts
of emerging solvent stars
entering an octagon skyrocket
of restarted economies
pandemic or not dying on your watch...

“ Sounding Increasingly Detached “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“ Sounding Increasingly Detached “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Sounding increasingly detached
careening off track
scratched (out), as a crossword answer
synonymous with, “sad”in the abstract
devised by social labs that just won’t last
asking, “Why are you laughing?”
in search of key words perhaps
secluded in a mountain cabin nonreactive ...

“Altered Landscapes” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Altered Landscapes”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Altered landscapes
smaller classes
procured face masks
budgets slashed
schedules staggered
frequently washed hands
overwhelmed health care
vaccines unavailable
chatter returning to schools
teachers changing rooms
students cocooning ...

“Energizing Rallying Cries”

“Energizing Rallying Cries”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Energizing rallying cries
walking mercurial blue lines
inquiring, “Why is murder not a hate crime?”
military veterans dying via a virus
citizens feeling occupied
struggling families standing on long food lines
risking lethal infection
protesters facing increasing positive tests ...

“Outbreak” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Outbreak”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Outbreak
heartache
in the wake
pepper balls
flash-bangs’
divisive candidates
subterranean quakes
pervasive hatred
mass incarceration
forsaking blame
militarized nation
laying waste
democracy hanging ...

“Coalescing Peaceful Protests” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Coalescing Peaceful Protests”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Coalescing peaceful protests
due to officer-involved deaths
as well as disparities
exposed by the pandemic
asking agonizing questions
regarding micro aggressions
like diminished respect
and masked fears of infection
in search of greater reliances
on mutual human kindness ...

“Unmistakably Painted in Brilliant Yellow Letters” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Unmistakably Painted
in Brilliant Yellow Letters”

by Suzán Jivan Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Unmistakably painted
in brilliant yellow letters,
“Black Lives Matter”
in front of The People’s House
as falling jobless rates imperil aid
for ‘A Glorious Poetic Rage’
in the wake of countless declarations:
“Black Lives must not be lost in vain”
urging collective demonstrations
culminating in life-affirming global grace ...

“Protests Stretching” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Protests Stretching”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Protests stretching
into the confluence
of a pandemic
and civil unrest
“Keep your knee off our necks!”
chasms laid bare
traumatic anti-blackness
weaponized whiteness
dehumanizing lives
love requires great sacrifice
this is NOT what “serving
and protecting looks like”
as citizens peacefully march
along head-spinning lines
witnessing militarizing
of The White House”
in the meanwhile...

“Withering” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Withering”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Withering
in plain sight
lethal Corona viruses
scribbled signs
temperatures spiking
unrecognizable
tear-gased eyes
weeping in mourning,
“Of thee I sing” ...

“Inside the Scramble” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Inside the Scramble”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inside
the scramble
daily spreads
of mayhem
protests arrests
states of unrest
certainty absent
violence ebbing
yet sizzling
with tension
chain-link
fences erected
on the edge
of rising infections
unquelled
widespread deaths
of millions expected ...

“Flash-Bang Grenade Desecration” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Flash-Bang Grenade Desecration”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Flash-bang grenade desecration:POTUS did NOT pray!
assaulting peaceful demonstrators
in order to viscously win battleground states
thriving on chaos failings within the ranks
unable to disengage from compulsively
shooting fuzzy dice coming up, “snake eyes” ...
 

“Sheltering in Place Suddenly Giving Way” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Sheltering in Place Suddenly Giving Way”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Sheltering in place suddenly giving way
to massive demonstrations
being subjected noxious pepper spray
as protesters expel infectious droplets
and propel water bottles
repeatedly crying, “I can’t breath - take a knee” ...

“Standoffs” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Standoffs”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Standoffs
lockdowns
lift off
lock up
take off
ticked off
put down
crack down
cut down
down and out
last gasp
on air...

“Smashed Windows/Tense Clashes” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom-Suzán

“Smashed Windows/Tense Clashes”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Smashed windows/tense clashes/tear gas
asking, “What’s happening?!”
being bookended by tragedy: [race riots/virus]

“Empty Threats” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Empty Threats”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Empty threats
leaping over fences
breaching precincts
taking a knee
smoke billowing
counterfeit currency
amber lights blinking
peace keeping
for limp bodies’
inequalities
issuing
cryptic
apologies
sending
incendiary
tweets
stoking
rioting
Covid19
caseloads
accelerating
Twitter labels’
rude awakening
imitation money
in slang ...

“Hashed-Out Hashtags” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Hashed-Out Hashtags”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Hashed-out hashtags
crackdowns
microscopic attacks
muted narratives
hundreds of thousands
struck down
epidemic powerlessness
pinpointing infectious
thuggishness
threatening punishment
of the vulnerable
maliciously cutting
off chunks
of vital funding
never having cared much ...

“Castaways” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Castaways”

by Suzán Jivan
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Castaways
outcasts
cast off
outlawed
outliers
outa here
outa your mind
quieted
by a novel virus
medical masks
in short supply
stifled
public outcries
emotional eating
boredom anxiety
disrupted routines
anger fear
hoarding cookies
cakes and candy ...

“Sorry-Not-Sorry” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Sorry-Not-Sorry”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Sorry-not-sorry
left in the dark
conjuring up sorrows
of pandemic carnage
leaving legacies
of tending to sick flocks
placing pots
of food on rocks
in front yards
living on
in our broken hearts
long time gone ...

“So-So-So-and-Sos” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“So-So-So-and-Sos”

Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

So-so-so-and-sos
well-well-well
being told to expect
the unexpected
by well-wishers’
hoping for the best
in a global pandemic
ending in divisiveness
rather than togetherness
“Do tell!” a little off mentally
making no sense
playing X’s and O’s
yelling out, “Bingo!” ...

“Perils on Display: Preying on Memorial Day” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Perils on Display:
Preying on Memorial Day”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Perils on display:
preying
on Memorial Day
framed
on the front page
tempting fate
gaming
out doomsday:
“I ain’t playin’
in a cliffhanger
masquerade!”
charading
in orange makeup
disclaiming
Covid dangers
disavowing
“test-and-trace”
getting away
with falsely claiming
curative medications ...

“Cascading Weaknesses” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Cascading Weaknesses”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Cascading weaknesses
racing to test candidates
as disaster relief freys
proclaiming, “Just
one I.C.U. bed remains!”
unsustainable public safety
dictating 15’of spacing
between blankets
on sandy beaches
foreseeing slamming waves
of viral outbreaks
leaders falsely proclaiming
the facilitation of greatness
upon observation
of rows and rows of hastily
dug graves circling birds of prey ...

“May Vanish Forever” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“May Vanish Forever”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

May vanish forever
gone for good
permanently lost
fully exhausted
feelings of longing
grimmer then once thought
over the long haul
daunting lags in reporting
corporeal abnormalcy
far worse off ...

“Sipping and Strolling on Tiptoes” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Sipping and Strolling on on Tiptoes”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Sipping and strolling on tiptoes
seeking Corona life coaches
having experienced
extreme Zoom fatigue
considering Melatonin
for sleep feeling like alchemy
when all you really need
is heavy cream
shaken vigorously
stored in the freezer
topped with fresh berries ...

“Buried in Our Ancient DNA” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Buried in Our Ancient DNA”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Buried in our ancient DNA
coursing through our veins
mutating over generations
becoming long and skinny
intermittently switching
willy nilly sinisterly
linking to horrific illnesses
depending on infectious detritus
triggering full-fledged enemy cells
well into a lethal present tense ...

“Eerie Normality” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Eerie Normality”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Eerie normality
beneath withering
quarantines
simmering release
slanting windshields
speeding vehicles
accelerating
down empty streets
the privileged
having exited cities
back filled
by high-risk individuals
sinister invisibility
victim anonymity...

“Left Scrambling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Left Scrambling”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Left scrambling
in lesser-grade face masks
from fabric, scraps, bandannas
and sanitary napkins
unearned by “macho man”
claiming “bad air”
while “putting on airs”
regarding poor health care
denying feeling, “scared”
being battered by grief and sadness
declaring, “This is a scam!” ...

“Upticks” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Upticks”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Upticks stoking division
from “respect” to “sick
and twisted” grim viral statistics
binary code snippets
posted just for kicks
shaking canned cocktails
as a one-step process
getting drunk at the park
practicing tipsy social distancing
risking sipping upwind ...

“The Go-Slow-Letting-Go Approach” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“The Go-Slow-Letting-Go Approach”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

The go-slow-letting-go approach
UFOs hovering dangerously close
emitting plumes of smoke
as aerial drones close in
on nonnegotiable black holes
creating zombie-like poses
friend-or-foe viral body control
having gone almost totally unnoticed...

“Wearing Simple Accessories” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Wearing Simple Accessories”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Wearing simple accessories
in an attempt to lessen
the chances of spread
as common sense protection
both in private and public settings
yet pandemic presidents
recklessly exempt themselves
dismissing “excess deaths”
demeaning “eggheads”
declaring, “Ice Cream
Trucks Are Essential!”
soft serve or hard sprinkles on top ...

“Freaking Out” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Freaking Out”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Freaking out in an outbreak
breaking down
profound challenges
after staking out
massive demagogic rallies
relinquishing
not-too-distant-social distancing
while living in a make-believe
world of malarkey ...

“Closed Links Stark Warnings” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Closed Links Stark Warnings”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Closed links stark warnings
risking reopening
using misleading numbers
as fake praise
downplaying the danger
of hopscotching
over vulnerable populations
in grave anticipation
of a dreaded second wave
culminating
as a series of ungainly wavelets
overtaking blatantly false claims ...

“The Potholed Roads to Reopening” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“The Potholed Roads to Reopening”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The potholed roads
to reopening via viral loads
whistle blowers protesting
promotions of solely
political cronies as coronas
encircle the globe
facts getting glossed over
hopes going up in pyre smoke
wailing, “That’s no joke!
stoking acknowledgements
of contaminated meat
processing plants as “poppycock”
pitting pork chops against people
as meat packers don bandannas
in colorful patterns even black-
strapped sleep masks ...

“Make-or-Break Pivotal Change”

“Make-or-Break Pivotal Change”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Make-or-break pivotal change
life-threatening information
taking you breath away
losing strength climbing mortality rates
phantom faces claiming to be sane
as high-risk populations seek safely
playing a distancing game of “keep away”
sheltering in place doctors-turned-candidates
staging science-based campaigns
negating false expectations...

“American Carnage” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“American Carnage”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

American carnage dropping social distancing
giving up on the living predatory presidents
viciously twisting with nil responsibility
deflecting rejecting and minimizing citizens
being listed as “critical” by the millions ...

“ Seeding Waves “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Seeding Waves”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Seeding waves of viral outbreaks
across states prior to confirmed cases
of the contagion acting on hazy
hidden information regarding containment
picking up mutations along the way
while fighting “fat discrimination”
yet longing to lose weight
being told to, “Stay at home!”
alone with a loaded refrigerator
in avoidance of Covid invaders
hoping to, “flatten the curve”all in vain
exacerbating fat shaming sheltering in place ...

“An Unrelenting Crush” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“An Unrelenting Crush”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

An unrelenting crush
deaths nearly doubling
becoming overrun
by spiking body numbers

tangling the hunt
for masks and gloves
in private sector hustles
of malfunction

armed with little-or-no instruction
supplemented by long guns
handguns plus shot guns

sickened by worry
temps bubbling up
hands chapped from
washing them so much
compulsively mulling
over jigsaw puzzles ...

“Near Impossibilities” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Near Impossibilities”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Near impossibilities
deliberately
intermixing
hopes with worries
while writing,
“Dear Diary”
feeling sports deprived
streaking meteors
light up the night skies
night owls early risers
“Could the power
of the sun
slow down
the virus via
ultraviolet light
in spite of high
blood pressure
and diabetes
riddle-de-dee?” ...

“Revising Potential Deaths” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Revising Potential Deaths”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Revising potential deaths
charting more lethality than expected
stocks plummeting with “recovery jitters”
citizens getting “lost in the weeds”
of social distancing fearing ending up “six-feet deep”
after filing for bankruptcy and failing
to wear a mask or vigorously wash their hands
due to personal vanity and suffering
from extreme “stay-at-home” fatigue
blatantly staging parades of false claims
in order to shift the blame
presidents proclaiming, “Just spit and wait!” ...

“Trying to Figure Out” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Trying to Figure Out”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Trying to figure out when it’s safe to go out
after loosening lockdowns flags flying upside down
leaders dallying hens’ eggs smashed
dancers having extra time on their hands
doctors deciding to pipe in music into emergency rooms
prescribing brief moments of beauty
in the face of chaotic despair within the units
of intensive care for harried staff
as well as intimated patients breathing with the aid
of ventilators surreally serenaded
culminating with the invocation of arcangels ...

“Posing Challenges” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Posing Challenges”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Posing challenges
like “Covid Toe”
when crocodiles
once dived like dolphins
without blowholes

as excessively theatrical
poker-faced examples
of obsessive fans of the past
declaring, “Oh my stars!”

while wrestling
with the present impossible
regarding “start-up sparks”
while zipping across
Antarctica at full throttle ...

“Final Responders” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Final Responders”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Final responders swamped with bodies
starkly remarking,  “It never stops”
as mourners sob in their cars
feeling caught off guard
having mulled over the possibility
of freezing their loved-ones’ bodies
as, “a long-term storage option”
while survivors wait in mile-long food lines
dialing and redialing the suicide hotline ...

“Set to Expire” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Set to Expire”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Set to expire pressing spies to link viruses
with revisionist history mixed after massive rallies
gathering in a complete panic under scandalous
pandemic mismanagement braying,
“Like, no way!” in a mule-headed display
sounded from an uncontained outbreak
on a “first-name-basis” for the highest of ranks
“chewed by the chatty” with small hands
chanting, “Put on your big boy pants!” ...

“Showing a Shrinking” by Suzán Jiván Mom & MoM-Mom Suzán

“Showing a Shrinking”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Showing a shrinking economy
identified in tiny viral droplets
asking, “ Who’s profiting by divide and conquer?”
struggling mightily to reconcile
over scorched rice tightness behind our eyes ...

“Common Ground in a Lockdown” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Common Ground in a Lockdown”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Common ground in a lockdown
like a posh hodgepodge
for hosting smooth-and-glossy
virtual stories seeking strong
endorsements from the “great out-of-doors”
in short order likened to coming of age
told at arm’s length loudly proclaiming,
“Arms’ distance sideways take!” ...

“Far From Over” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Far From Over”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far from over
not so fast
repeated shaking
muscle pain
headache
loss of taste
flag waving
making false claims
stretching back
days-n-days
lives at stake
devastating death rates
predicted during second waves
lackadaisically anticipated as “blasé”
by a crass flag-waving administration...

“A One-Two Punch” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“A One-Two Punch”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A one-two punch divisive and destructive
ripping up civility
torpedoing policies chest beating
during long-winded Corona briefings
airing lengthy grievances
seesawing on reopening the economy
finding few allies
while channel clicking each evening
blowing through aid’s notes in a monotone
baiting and browbeating the press
downplaying the pandemic
slow to absorb the scale
after suppressing virus death details
failed testing capacities
feeling baffled left in a shambles
having fallen through the cracks
in the midst of a fractious national calamity ...

“ Coming Under Scrutiny “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Coming Under Scrutiny”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Coming under scrutiny
serving buffalo wings in public
transferred to ICE custody
avoiding screenings
as scripts for loss and mourning
feeling deeply in need of herd immunity
abolishing flogging
in a desperate search for antibodies
ingesting cleaning products
around the clock ...

“No One Is Sure” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“No One Is Sure”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

No one is sure
how to place the curb
on pushing sham cures
demanding greater scrutiny
moods darkening
shattering worlds
tiptoeing around in masks
posting silly parodies
of untold distancing
proclaiming, “Take it from me!”
displaying taking nude selfies
right from the beginning
of mission creep ...

“Reopening” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Reopening”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Reopening wider exposures
to rabbit holes “ 2 point 0 “
targeting the older “Thou, for one”
as “word-of-mouth-go-round”
horned frog allemandes
as mascots hop into Zoom parties ...

“Worth Less Than Nothing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Worth Less Than Nothing”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Worth less than nothing
wearing garbage bags as protection
undetected super-spreaders
overwhelmed nursing centers
scattershot remedies covert messages
fomented dissent discovery of early deaths
shuttered processing plants asking,
“How can this happen?!”
with little time to react
to disastrous dysfunctionality
being tested at random ...

“A Global Corona Contagion” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“A Global Corona Contagion”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A global corona contagion
in grave danger
from immunological naïveté
with no real way
of gauging complacency
sheltering in place ...

“Sawtoothed Savagery” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“Sawtoothed Savagery”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Sawtoothed savagery
alive then dying
outstripped medical supplies
mind-bending death spikes
hell bent on writing as a rite
while catching sight
of slowly being blinded
to, “True to life” ...

“The Results Are Off”

“The Results Are Off”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

The results are off
falling far short
in a paranoiac case in point
fomenting Infowars
of outsized proportion
from disproportionately
irrational national platforms
of tragic unfairness gone mad,
“Where a nuthatch hatches
dog straps with triangular sails
in an airport for a bull or for a bear
put on a strict weight watcher’s plan
still hinting at both halves
of a gargantuan collapse” ...

“The Muddying”

“The Muddying”

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The muddying
of culpability
in large numbers
like a duffer’s
missed putts
scored as multiple
mulligans
in coverups
having swung
an angled club
with an abrupt uppercut
after whiffing the cup
and chipping into the rough ...