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 …

“Malarkey”

 “Malarkey” 

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Malarkey/hogwash/mockery/

poppycock/tommy rot/

codswallop/folderal …

“Something to Click”

 “Something to Click”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Something to click 

without giving permission 

while unflinchingly

scrolling through uncouth

untruths of big galoots 

after winning trivia pursuit 

via an arm twist…

“ A Patch of Rampant Bamboo” ...

” A Patch of Rampant Bamboo “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A patch of rampant bamboo
shoots sprouting all around clapboard houses
surrounding station wagons
forming thickets bringing in pandas
well before the ban of remaking health care

via juicy and outlandish big personalities
fueling solid “Nutcrackers” during leaves of absence
in order to bear heirs young and pale
more timid than can be imagined
footlights set aglare blaring back-to-back arctic blasts...