" Hardly "...

" Hardly "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Hardly overstating the case as a labor of love
getting off to a slow start in the process
of a marvelous early on published posthumously
at the periphery of early interest
as associative riffs for instance
lending novelty to metropolitan geography

recasting facades along boulevards
reconciling marchers confetti flying from rooftops
intermittently acknowledged  by war correspondents
via anonymous kindred spirit throngs
as forensic phenomenons capturing drama
in papers and correspondence

smelling salts and snobs
outcomes at large harder to spot
upper echelons of moral shock
envy gossip while amassing options

in the belfry in between eccentricity and insanity
no perhapses regarding serious matters
encountered by drunken habits and indelicate languages
taken out of character laughing with silly ways and antics
regularly fouled in avoidance of regularity
being constantly surveilled entering
into contract involuntarily stopping eating

sobbing loudly forcibly informed of facts
with complete and total abandon
losing assets upon dismantlement
in all matter and manner of personal habits

symbolized as scrappy and dam proud of it
considered to be lucky to the nth degree
inquiring and giddy over long periods
sharp and witty ways of living
the second of a trilogy in spiritual retreat
retaining specificity ranging haphazardly
fear and panic along with inaction
tiresome distraction a lover's absence...