Brazen

" Brazen "

by Suzan Jivan

With brazen abandon
trimming the gem-
rich nib with poorly-
timed micro-
management
perpetuating
underestimation
and overstatement.

Emblems

" Emblems "

by Suzan Jivan

Headings in several
promising directions
opening flood gates
as tracings of emblematic waves
in intrepid creations from the wakes
of indigo strokes on bounding pages.

Wary

" Wary "

by Suzan Jivan

Wary eyes
as economies slide
alighting skiddishly
on tiny figures
and minimal still lives.

Dread

" Dread "

by Suzan Jivan

Repeatedly pressing
fear sending
chaos spreading
market recession
dreaded depression
stomach-churning pressure.

Pizazz

" Pizazz "

by Suzan Jivan

Hard new look
exhuming
back-to-the-future
smart mouthed
and shaggy haired
with post-bailout pizazz.

Prizeworthy

" Prizeworthy "

by Suzan Jivan

Sophisticated havens
for flourescent mutations
lighting up a mouse's brain
with originations from a
jellyfish's light-emitting shapes.

An Edge

" An Edge "

by Suzan Jivan

Given an edge
by a bone of
contention
over the
objection
of an
injection
into the
economic
tempest
in exchange
for a
personal
preference
of vexing
intelligence.

Mull

" Mull "

by Suzan Jivan

No passion
no oomph
not much
to chew on
or mull over
from flexing muscles
to strutting stuff
down to the minimum
held together
with double bubble
blown up.

Spout

" Spout "

by Suzan Jivan

Bold-faced slogans
splashed across
glossy tabloids
spout the usual
starkly chaotic
argotic jargon.

Pounding

" Pounding "

by Suzan Jivan

Preparing various scenarios
of spray-tanned pandering
with shady stylings
of hypermasculinity
in stilted rhythms
of iron fists
as the anithesis
of the requisite
femme fatale
in a fervent strut
when pumped up
in red-leather stilettos.

Evergreen

" Evergreen "

by Suzan Jivan

Evergreen
is a tree
growing
in an
aggregate
of the maximal
with the minimal
in a series
of zeroes
plus ones.

Steadfast

" Steadfast "

Monolithic couples
halo themselves
with incandescence
after steadfast
and colorfast pairings
produce male heirs.

Bigness

" Bigness "

by Suzan Jivan

With little hints
it will stem
measures
to dispel
high levels
of cause-
and-effect
from major
addresses
filled with
diminished
confidence
in the viability
of bigness
combined
with the
lowering
of interest.

Tamped

" Tamped "

by Suzan Jivan

Bridging the dissolve
between mile-high skyscrapers
and tamped-down atmospheres
from cramped tenement squares.

Takes

" Takes "

by Suzan Jivan

Amazing takes
in innovation
side-by-side
sloe-eyed
dreamlike.

Opening

" Opening "

by Suzan Jivan

More single minded
with glinting wit
repeatedly reappearing
from the fog
of an opening sequence
entering freely.

Testy

" Testy "

by Suzan Jivan

Questioning credentials
under increasing pressure
setting up the end game
in a testy pre-election debate.

Sheer

" Sheer "

by Suzan Jivan

A strong hand
seemingly aloof
for a rescue
whose sheer size
was meant to soothe
the huge fiscal issues
fomenting unrelenting
economic distress.

With Plenty

" With Plenty "

by Suzan Jivan

Created with an eye
wanting to make a splash
emblazoning an image
with plenty of bidders
refusing solid food.

Explaining

" Explaining "

by Suzan Jivan

Explaining the total this way
headlines had little effect
said to be taking steps
courting potential.

Knowingly

" Knowingly "

by Suzan Jivan

Knowingly
allowing
a shrinking
of Wall Street
while trekking
up gray out-
croppings
making
idleness
look chic.

Sweeping Leaves

" Sweeping Leaves "

by Suzan Jivan

Flopping in polished oxfords
five sizes way too big
overhung by feces-
stained, frayed PJ legs
eyes facing different ways
while sweeping fallen leaves
beneath benches for the deceased
pleading, " I really need to work today.
You see, I've been sweeping
dead leaves since 1950."

The Ringer

" The Ringer "

by Suzan Jivan

Recurring
overflowing
but tightly run
through the ringer
rarely agreed
in a reedy, puffy
and spinsterish quip
of a strobe-lit infinitesimal
with the pyrotechnic infinite.

Inept Text

" Inept Text "

by Suzan Jivan

Raising a record as a frantic break
of fates remaining in an inept text
message sent to another cell
causing a catastrophic collision
due to an inattentiveness to red.

The Spitting Image

" The Spitting Image "

by Suzan Jivan

With a few peekaboos
and much-to-do
about VP's updos
along with spitting
into test tubes
at genetically-
engineered
saliva-collection
uptown events
storm victims
are visciously swept
into fetid spits
of the hardest hit
spotted by whirling birds
on raked rooftops
and naked bedrock.

Off Limits

" Off Limits "

by Suzan Jivan

Still off limits of continental rifts
with the competing myths
of promoting equity
and restless existence
with the unrest found in the West
by mitigating the uneasiness
between the cantankerous callings
of both strip mining and strip malls.

Nothing But

" Nothing But "

by Suzan Jivan

With nothing but
a thong underneath
the sense of urban history
and dueling with frontier modernity
it's no joke braving the blowflies
in a rugged state of mind
for many unpopulated miles.

With a Stint

" With a Stint "

by Suzan Jivan

Seeing a downward spiral
saying it wasn't worst case
once elected hiring friends
of ambition and reinvention
with a stint in a tricky transition
of discrepant presidential genetics
based on race, age and gender.

Buzz

" Buzz "

by Suzan Jivan

A muted view
bleached, grainy
and way predigital
made on the fly
broadening time
seemingly right
for right now
when buzz-
not history
is the subject.

Predecessors

" Predecessors "

by Suzan Jivan

Increasingly secretive
modern composites
of tempered soft metals
imbedded in the set cement
of front-stoop steps
cured yet always heading
toward a long-dead
predecessors'
measured missteps.

Stunted

" Stunted "

by Suzan Jivan

Bearing the brunt
of fishing and hunting
for an incumbent's
beloved stunted country.

Spelling Out

" Spelling Out "

by Suzan Jivan

Against energized denial
being unwilling to recede
after spelling out disagree-
ments rewritten deliberately.

Beacon

" Beacon "

by Suzan Jivan

Said to be seeking
the beacon of peace
spoken in a speech
while speaking unclearly
and deliberately
trying not to hear.

Blink

" Blink "

by Suzan Jivan

Poised to embrace
struggling at the plate
while describing
a favorite pastime
trying not to blink.

Resulting

" Resulting "

by Suzan Jivan

Needing to move to seize
resulting jolts of energy
bringing in stability
by rebuilding ruined ecologies.

Suddenly Post 911

" Suddenly Post 911 "

by Suzan Jivan

In an effort to counter
attempts to bow to pressure
unexpectantly ending
balking without backing
suddenly collapsing.

Bottoms Up - Double Down

" Bottoms Up - Double Down "

Signed agreements of overseeing
outlining the pointed linkings
of the tumble from bottoms up
with the troubles of double down.

Resurgencies

" Resurgencies "

by Suzan Jivan

Sampling realism's
resurgencies
rich in promise
with a little menace
but bringing distinct regrets
from the throbbing intensity
of a jackal's flawless panache.

Wreckage

" Wreckage "

by Suzan Jivan

Blunt power of special ops
from colliding particles
of wreckage from 9/11
held as artifacts
in a humongous hanger
for maintenance and repair
of passenger aircraft.

Fuzzy Slumber

" Fuzzy Slumber "

by Suzan Jivan

A new route
never mind
who helped
to rewrite
feeling like
a bridal icon
while snuggling
with fuzzy slumber.

Sparrows and Grackles

" Sparrows and Grackles "

by Suzan Jivan

Sparrows and grackles
all drinking and splashing
in standing water
on a lush park lawn
alongside a seated
short-haired female
sporting a sky-blue tee
stenciled with light-blue
letters reading , "tired"
across her pubescent chest
overlayed with abraided
shirts of chambray
draped over long-worn
narrow-waled pants
gleefully rolling
and smoking a reefer
silently reciting
memorized childhood
verses of The Bible
cracking a smile
while jiggling skinny limbs
and pursing stiff upper lips.

Omission

" Omission "

by Suzan Jivan

Rippling rhythmic tap beats
from the gripping grief
of the roots of an emus'
rudimentary wings
with largely-flightless
underpinnings
pitching in omission.

Targetting

" Targetting "

by Suzan Jivan

Into the fire
of a mysterious
midair disaster
trying their hands
at evincing
indisputable skills
spiked with prickly
dissonance
even hints
of serious
switching
to small feats
of companion pieces
with new releases
from lights flickering
in the premise
of predictable targetting.

Dished Out

" Dished Out "

by Suzan Jivan

Popularity of a hallucinogen
with dished-out flounces
quickly collapses
into convulsive laughter
on the pilotless aircraft
of ecological havoc.

Over Easy

" Over Easy "

by Suzan Jivan

Handshakes are out
businesslike embraces
are in along with
tightly-regulated
hugs and kisses
of largely-limited
conventional wisdom.

Revamping

" Revamping "

by Suzan Jivan

Influence displayed
rescue criterion
ultimately shrinking
underlings promising
epic revamping
of the predictably
unique envious rivaling
of slightly different hybrids
simply privatized by battle lines.

Retooling

" Retooling "

by Suzan Jivan

Comments to the press
from the awfully smitten
with tough-guy tactics
and chilling visions
from the high-strung
ruthlessly tightening
continuously retooling
not-too-distant future.

Chestnuts and Walnuts

" Chestnuts and Walnuts"

by Suzan Jivan

Struggling under the weight
of a late-summer's waiting
in anticipation of the date
of the falling of a spiked casing
during an autumnal coming of age
undertaking seasonal change.

Whimsy

" Whimsy "

by Suzan Jivan

A few options
had shrunken
into one
deepening
reminiscense
of trying
to soak up
every last bit
of spritzing whimsy.

X's and O's

" X's and O's "

by Suzan Jivan

Creased jeans and bling
owe their indebtedness
to the elegantly dressed
capital letters of female genes.