Underlying

" Underlying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Sylvester Jackson

Underlying
all things
an inter-
connectedness
in multilevel nests
supplemented
by user-friendly
and collective
consciousness
ever enmeshed
with the intrepidness
of surface dwellers...

Unrealized Desires

" Unrealized Desires "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A boisterous series
of erotically charged models
of unrealized desires
for the first time
somewhere else entirely...

Hellacious

" Hellacious "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Ineffectual re-elected reps
indelibly pen illegible
scribbles in red
all across the long-wave end
of the visible spectrum
beneath the hellacious
restraints of legislated red tape...

Wounded

" Wounded "

by Suzán Jiván

Starting out
a bit under-
powered and uncomfortable
at the very top
with wounded
honor marred by claw-popping
flotsam...

Taken as Umbrage

" Taken as Umbrage "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Under
going
a hard
sell
never
taken
as
umbrage
for fluff
like,
"Golly
this"
and
"Darn
that"
as
mesmerizingly
reflective
and smoothly
expressive...

As Empires

" As Empires "

by Suzán Jiván

Blindingly bright
strangely satisfying
for audiences
alike
as empires
of fiery enemies
to be
ostensibly punishing
like a lot of watch-checking...

Discretely Succinct

" Discretely Succinct "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Sturdier, more precise
exemplified
by anodized zeros and nines
as seen
in discretely succinct
yet extreme
one-legged yoga poses...

Hoping Against Hope

" Hoping Against Hope "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Every show-
offy bit
like
an illustrious
visitor
with a willingness
to be piercingly
authentic
when hoping
against hope
as an over-
whelming sense
of childhood
memory
however felt...

Touchingly Colorful

" Touchingly Colorful "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Evoking Utopia
as a testimonial
to good old-
fashioned
close ups
as down
and dirty
but touchingly
colorful love...

Polytonal

" Polytonal "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Can seem
like a never-
ending eulogy
to an honoree
in perpetuity
as a vibra-
phone solo
in diaphonous
echoes showing
sheer range
in polytonal
temolos...

Tremolo Effects

" Tremolo Effects "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

All the rest
as moment-
to-moment
invention
in a long line
of small bands
attempting
to perfect
contemporary
tremolo effects...

Communal Domains

" Communal Domains "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Well suited to the exemplary events
of our intrinsically synergistic selves
generating enervating
communal domains
of gracious gains...

A Placeholder

" A Placeholder "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A directional hand
transcending
the occasional
placeholder
semi-staged
in its day
as a multi-
layered play
of salutatious
accolades...

Infinitude

" Infinitude "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Pondering immortality
and the infinitude
of the universe
with beauty and renewal
euphorically spangling
immemorially...

Soulful

" Soulful "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

The oohs have it
in miniscule
utopian abodes
of drone-
based
overblown
openly intoned
soulful
crescendos...

Blissful Finger Plinks

" Blissful Finger Plinks "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Quasi-
psychedelicness
with the prettiness
of clarinets
offering
the sweetness
of many things
interweaving
the reveries
of minisuites
with the rarities
of blissful finger plinks...

Recusal's Refuge

" Recusal's Refuge "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Running simultaneously
giving way cutting through
to secluded interludes
of recusal's refuge...

Threat Potential

" Threat Potential "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Not atypically
under duress
of self-
perpetuated
threat potential...

Inexorable Glory

" Inexorable Glory "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Stray slivers reverberate then morph into long laudable chords
of inexorable glory...

Like Pirates

" Like Pirates "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Unrepentantly raw
like pirates
eyeballing nervy titles
of fatwas in adagios
of feminist art
as ex paparazzis...

Mash-Ups

" Mash-Ups "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Hardly scarce
tightly packed
pop and jazz
mash-ups
filled
with elaborate
passages
of unsurpassed
fantasies...

When Shot Live

" When Shot Live "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Widely sacrificed
discretely vivified
when shot live
as largely
porcine...

Sacrificial Witchery

" Sacrificial Witchery "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A litany
of ancient grievances
eviscerated
with concentrations
of rage
turning eerily withery
as if in
sacrificial witchery...

Talismanic

" Talismanic "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Top
positions
on
prominent
rosters
of
formal
gardens
as
talismanic
native
plants...

Intending to Rise Higher

" Intending to Rise Higher "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Tilting
spiraling
intending
to rise
higher
by taking
a while
in entirety...

Radiant Constellations

" Radiant Constellations "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Colorful
and lightweight
meant to rotate
like radiant
constellations
of articulated
admiration...