Looking After Looking Afar

 “It’s Only Fitting” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  It’s only fitting as ancestry  on a monumental scale  inflating expanding space tall slim figures tiny feet small almond-shaped eyes’ dimensions of time …

 “Odd and Astonishing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Odd and astonishing  emerging into the light of history  as the land between the rivers  from the earliest beginnings  of cultural and artistic traditions  at the confluence of kinship in mud brick…

 “A Has Been” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A has been now largely forgotten  revealed via archeology  as calculated imagination  from what had gone long before  having performed off-hand challenging tasks  eyes fastened on the past…

 “Matter-of-Factly” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Matter-of-factly hidden by a hat  as symbolic status causing scandals  brushstrokes on a canvas  made up of on-the-spot patches  set within detached rectangles years after …

 “Somewhat Shadowy” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Somewhat shadowy awkward necessity  splendid individuality reflected in mirrors with microscopic precision in florid lettering  recapturing half shadows of enraptured colored statues …

 “Rational and Humane” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Rational and humane engravings  right hands raised in praise over generations designated as closely related civilizations  portrayed in angular shapes of sophistication  porticoes staircases stone chambers great doorways …