" Toll-Taking" ...

" Toll-Taking " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Toll-taking gone global over and over via pseudo-negotiations
intending to placate demands forcefully put in place
by pre-ordained delegations while boasting of deal-making
being negated page-upon-page-upon-page gone without a trace
post glaring criminal arrangements having proven to be fatal
half a world away due to murderous behaviors all in favor
of detaining free information and muzzling public education
in give-aways housed in secret chambers playing violent games
by wisked-away lawmakers coming under investigation
crashing vehicles into gates pre-invasion of race-based crazies
exhibiting bizarre behaviors giving way to manic brain waves
guns blazing prompting mass evacuations and lockdowns in Parliament
all in the name of "safety" during rising crime rates in crises
instituted by violent rivals just scraping by living unassuming lives
knowing full well what HATE looks like abiding in a White House
encircled by wrought iron during invasions of privacy
as "Tweet-Storms" rage lardily and largely along party lines
leaking like a sieve calling out, "Man Overboard!"
catastrophically tilting screaming, "Damn the torpedoes!"
screeching, "What a world! What a world! That a good little girl
like you could destroy me in all my wickedness!!!"
Responding in kind, "O -- Ee--Yah! Eoh--Ah!"
spawning, "Oorah!" having heard a all to arms
scrawled swastikas charges of bigotry maliciously
toppling grace markers co-sponsored by deep-pocketted
self-proclaimed martyrs profiting in bull markets
and razed properties fatally stabbing constables
in order to silence democracies viciously brandishing
multiple kinds of knives for forensic teams searching
for fading freedoms painfully and passionately
taking chances with minuscule scatterings
talking about castanets horrifically hip-hic-hiccuping
together kicking and crouching primping for Amazon
quickly covering mouths while underestimating
the shelving capacity of stacks and stacks and stacks
at local branches lacking in transparency
with equal anonymity due to illiteracy
" It's anybody's guess " heightened by pressures
of lurking wealth as largesses with subtexts
of anxieties all put together by movie musical presents
scrawling posthumously disturbingly re-released
twirling from within mercilessly suffering as newcomers
deemed "not-quite-astute enough cheerfully goofy easily swinging
singers of one or two swooping and rasping in the groove of fanatics
no snidenesses there like acclaimed bluegrass players
performing in a roiling homeland...