“Tempest in a Teapot”

 “Tempest in a Teapot”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Tempest in a teapot ruckus 

fuss and feathers bluster 

babble braggadocious 

“Just put your lips 

together and blow” …

“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 …