“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 ..