“Hornswoggled”

 “Hornswoggled”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Hornswoggled hoodwinked

wait and see literally, “Pinch me!”

Fittingly, “Swinging Big!” 

razor-sharp rollicking 

distinctly otherworldly 

absolutely freaked out

veering in-between everything …

“A Figment of the Imagination”

 “A Figment of the Imagination”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A figment of the imagination

whimsy fiction head trip ruse myth

stratagem wool-gathering dalliance 

distraction romance tall tales…

“A Kerfuffle”

 “A kerfuffle”

A kerfuffle foofaraw

not realizing it was art 

cleaved from marble 

as frantic documents 

placed in public parks 

feeling at odds…

“Nowadays”

 “Nowadays”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Nowadays in this day and age 

the here and the now 

in the immediate present 

not just now and then now and again 

neither here nor there 

as opposed to here there and everywhere…

“Going Through the Motions”

 “Going Through the Motions”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Going through the motions 

episode after episode 

as blurry placeholders

cloaked in uploaded

bad jokes on the down-low …

“Oops, I Made a Boo-Boo!”

 “Oops, I Made a Boo-Boo!”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Oops, I made a boo-boo I goofed 

what a boob doofus ink a dink a do

yabba-dabba-do you do what you do so well …

“Up in Arms Breaking a Leg”

 “Up in Arms Breaking a Leg”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Up in arms breaking a leg

rising to one’s feet

swooning in synchronicity 

dwelling in the realms of myth 

as stylized choreography 

by unremittingly flipping 

political scripts …

“There Are No Words…”

 “There Are No Words …”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

There are now words …

when playing sudden-death

yet meant to be head

and shoulders above the rest 

testily turning red or blue 

in a mind-bending vexing

presidential election…

Making a Wager”

 “Making a Wager”

Making a wager

fabricating

shaping initiating 

shaping pontificating 

hedging a bet fencing 

penning sidestepping 

ducking the question…

“Putting on Airs”

 “Putting on Airs”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Putting on airs/lording it/toplofty 

hotdogging/high horse/offish 

“Only One”

 “Only One”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Only one of a whole bunch/stirred up/hitting one’s own hand in celebration/having once been a “no-show/not so fast/having been “scratched” in fear of “that”/exhaustion when all seems lost ..

“An Out-Of-Focus Effect”

 “An Out-Of-Focus-Effect”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

An out-of-focus effect/blurry/foggy/fuzzy

misty/muzzy/gauzy/murky

out of this world/falling out of favor/going out of fashion/gone out of hand/totally out of gas …