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“Scrambling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán Scrambling switching sides with disgruntled advisers failing to fall in line after breaking ties by upending allies via corona virus’ fright nights demoralizing wild fire fighters “by the dawn’s early light” melting sheets of ice archival cowpokes’ cries played twice ...

“It’s Complicated” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán It’s complicated damning information heretofore flagging methods of madness circumventing channels mercurially unhappy ruthless pragmatists predictably cast as cagey backers randomly emerging data brains turned to glass ...

“Melding” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Melding in order to fill a void with long-winded wishful thoughts by teasing off the glossy with a zombie voice weapon-of-choice backstory heard here and abroad all within a cold-water loft underscored by high-frequency noises at dawn donning overalls from a metaphorical preservationist standpoint...

“Scrambling Plot Lines “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Scrambling plot lines of the vanilla kind for cookie-cutter types overindulged and whiny woefully contrived like alarming lighting as a straight-faced straight-laced initiation that never ages via tangling and untangling of life’s changes ...

“Pre-emptively” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán Pre-emptively dismantling hearings wading deeply into overseas dealings peaking high crimes and misdemeanors “Invoking impeachment for a president who mistakes himself for a king” turning to tasks of arguing for tabloid darlings foisting unwanted products being told to halt the carnage while crowding into far-flung hospitals hobbling jobs in the second largest economy recounting harrowing journeys facing throwaway quakes and tsunamis loudly spouting, “Here here!” ...

“Facing Off “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán Facing off lawmaker chambers acrimonious debates viral outbreaks pillars of shame pandemics emanating from 4,000 miles away haggling over legislation barbs ricocheting into new coronations proclaiming culinary acclaim by saying, “Tre leches aren’t enough for this cake!” while gathering into far and away deep natures minus explanation downing scallion pancakes ...

“Pursuing Limits” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán Pursuing limits “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” while hard-lining on stop-and-frisk targeting apologies getting hooked on tick-tock restarting Olympic golf over harvesting alligator gars measuring the impact of gravity on grasshoppers’ bodies intersecting physics with biology blood sinking to the bottom goaded on by nonsense plus the shocking lack of knowledge starting from the very tippy-top ...

“Going Missing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Going missing via widespread illiteracy and high infant mortality riddled with gaps as a gamble to inaction from poor sleep habits for groggy activists rapping on stripped-down snares in the collective prayer of a graveyard dance hearing eery twangs of prevailing scariness seen as black gems with bands smelling really badly where buzz words gain traction faces looking deathly pale in fit-and-flare “ Emojiland “ ...

“Bracing for a Grave” by Suzán Jiván Mom& Mom- Mom Suzán Bracing for a grave and deeply divisive debate taking the same 222-year old oath of impartiality in the face of damning reports while spying on envoys with detached fascination embracing midwives and undertakers and broken immigration driven by rage pelted and praised families rearranged in hanging diptych paintings on spiral staircases with latticework faces of fleshy weight relishing scars and veins after getting lacquered on captioned burlap...

“Pausing Sticky Conflicts” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Pausing sticky conflicts then rapidly restarting tariff quandaries after going too far during door knocking for ice-hockey prospects left dizzy and vomiting upon contact hoping to control content artfully embodying the high jewelry market as a charming, “dramedy” just getting started in a best picture contest like an awkwardness moniker with white pizza toppings from a bra brand green box time-warped market for principly postcards magic markered, “Concede it or not” by online followers madeup for galas showing off watches like high-society swans “conspicuously or not” while pausing to ponder but the war lives on being seared into consciousness by knotty witchy wands woven for camouflaged baby dolls ...

“Vying Voices” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Vying voices in Polaroid Portraits shot in the morning sobbing whimpering mournful rhythms captured in instant film like stylized violence popping and locking idiosyncratic artists borrowing hardening emulsion concepts donning full-length ensembles in migrant hostels for models performing choreography in prison yards while stretching in patterned leotards across secretly watched diehard charts posthumously “stuck on” in découpage ...

“A Blank Space” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán A blank space for a downed plane blasted teardrop shapes high-speed chases undertaking facial recognition to date as single-named hitmakers betrayals’ grave mistakes doppelgängers in a different vein of post self-flagellation like a martyrs’ figment of imagination congealing into ludicrous complications stalking all of creation as a sacred fable ...

“Oohing and Aahing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Oohing and aahing behind padlocked rationals of antics in attics neatening hair podcasting from armchairs dispensing packaged rations for grandstanding Dobermans and mastiffs grappling with backlash crystal balls kept on hand speaking in iambic pentameter to match from Royal families fantasists’ flats called, “passionate dispassion” like matter-of-factness cause for despair using heirs of deadpan slashed-canvas surveillance ...

“Unsettling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Unsettling mixed messages in a televised address warning sent while racing to protect the threatened from deadly weapons edging away from full-fledged mayhem via deliberate attempts to lessen tensions from revenge standing down stepping back aftershocks rattle with little clarity as hackers manipulate data in asymmetrical battles targeting vacant hangers using false duality being limited to , “a” or “b” disallowing “c” “d” “e” “f” or “g” ruining the takes of “h” for “hatred” in no mood to celebrate all in lower case ...

“Inextricably Linked” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Inextricably linked flowering through concrete in desperate streets alert to comic absurdity’s central theme via unadorned lucidity neatly slanting cursive being wiped clean by hot streaks overshadowed by climate apathy planting seeds in straight rows hoping they’ll grow opposed by early warnings of, “Reaping what we sow” echoing dire slogans of old falling on fallow ground performing frantic narratives during manic rain dances on arid land ...

“Presidents Sending Unvetted Tweets” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Presidents sending unvetted Tweets spreading undue anxiety in cultural sites threatening getting felled by air strikes feeling sick and tired heaving “War Crimes” reading balmful Oscar tea leaves Hollywood donning camouflage fatigues dragging body bags— “rockets red glare” ...

“Inserting Subtle Nods” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Inserting subtle nods to pop-god showstopper heartthrobs feeling gobsmacked by doppelgängers like haunting portrayals being unchained by gangster cutaways from deep sleeping to wide awakening all in a single take for an unreliable narrator’s enunciation of a contentious case seen in split-screen animation having the most sway with, “out-of-the-blue” praises like long-surpassed clichés subject to change running into complications while renting surfboards from shipping containers as an all-out adaptation to tsunamic climate change ...

“Highly Improbable” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Highly improbable seemingly impossible positive responses differences stopping similarities blossoming in the midst of almost anything both new and shared becoming hard to imagine like novel warm-hearted icons as, “something great and something not” out-of-body feminine mythology as erotically charged fruits and lobsters rewarding moxie on the spot hot prospects why not? solid nude gods cast in bronze as a lost process for triumphal arches and formal gardens seeing and being an artist ...

“A Black Eye” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán A black eye being seen as, “bias” turning a “blind eye” simultaneously crying, “An eye for an eye!” cloaked in anonymity mesmerizingly retweeted at lightning speed rivaled by bonafide highlighted hindsight like just-in-time drone strikes guided by AI in the dead of night bold headlines vengeful texting aside handheld ink-pen heroines, “Check, check, check” ...

“Underscoring” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Underscoring standoffs demonstrators storming global forces swarming in the name of, “Glory” domestically and abroad but puzzling, “What went wrong?” faulty crystal balls severe finger pointing using cash-flow trackers, for short having lost amateur status ending with a fast then entertaining lavishly in remote areas asking, “Who knew dolphins had accents?” as a riddle of language while relying on word-besotting blind spots ...

“Flying in the Face” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom- Mom Suzán Flying in the face of Science distorted data overheated environs advisory underminings climate riptides worldwide wild fires inky black daytime skies species expiring knifing fire lines hydrants seeping extinguished lives ...

“An Overhaul” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán An overhaul of windfalls due to tax law avoidance hidden in obscured financial reports anointed with oil all over public shortfalls banning reporters breaking from norms turning to opioids after closing auto plants tracking death data as risk factors rippling outward while blades whir in the background with navigational imbalances warnings confounded deemed, “Way our there!” like cosmic bragging via black holes and the Big Bang revealed by light-gathering mirror diameters facing up-hill price-tag battles for the, “Thin-heir Apparent” as flapping birds vanish in a flash due to lost habitat ...