Capturing the Zeitgeist

 “A Peppery Orange Red” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A peppery orange-red condiment/getting involved in lots and lots of popular dramas/uncommonly hitting head-on …

 “A Pinch in the Kitchen” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A pinch in the kitchen/forensic initials/less difficult for instance/like a camper’s detritus/considered dingy/ when given a hint/tried casually, with “it”/“You got it!”as a size option at Starbucks …

 “Getting a Leg Up” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Getting a leg up/brief lulls in wind gusts/gaining momentum/unsettling weather expected/irreverent gems/punctured solemnity/bone-dry wit/enlightened self interest…

 “Teeming” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Teeming unfathomably/nebulas galaxies/discs of matter/ spawning supermassive black holes/audibly gasping/universes expanding/bristling with cameras/seeking dark matter/peeking at what’s out there/getting old fast …

 “Floating Ice Chunks” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Floating ice chunks/houses of mirrors  “Once upon a time”/drinking green and black varieties/“Get outta here!” “You can’t make me!” “Na na na na na — You can’t catch me!” …

 “Catch As Catch Can” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Catch as catch can  holiday trappings  rarified air  comedic anthems  operatic belly laughs …

 “Smoothie Fruits” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Smoothie fruits  cheerily consumed  by Girl Scout troops  for Christmas …

 “Really Really” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Really really/happening periodically/as sensory deprivation/in places/with large nest eggs/usually thrown away/when ending holidays…

 “Dazzled Locals” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Dazzled locals/Santa on a fishing boat/blaring videos/kissing beneath mistletoe/and blowing snow/as holiday touchstones…

“Kicklines and Fingerpicking” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Kicklines and fingerpicking/along with made sprints that twinkle/in between gigs and giggles/as traditions of homey glimpses/for fiddlers doing jigs/with upticks at Christmas/replete with prancing reindeer/dancing children/and glistening tinsel … 

“ Moving “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Moving like a pendulum/when getting into bed/well before 7 pm/as a scheduled/solstice event/expecting/ the days to lengthen…

 “Beanies and Bonnets” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Beanies and bonnets/yellow ingredient left out of an omelette/as a part of a Superman costume/like the number seven/on a grandfather clock/primed for bird watching …

 “I’m in Heaven” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  “I’m in Heaven!”/on a postcard/at Mardi Gras/while flinging beads/at attendees/lining the streets/showing steaming/close ups of gumbo/on jumbo screens …

“It Goes Without Saying” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  It goes without saying  like a final resting place  as an unexpectedly  heartbroken revelation  with a familiar refrain  shaping up as a groundbreaking headache  when facing a moral outrage …

 “Eager, if Weary” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Eager, if weary/life experience/being taken too seriously/in need of simple serenity/making us think/delivering big/like rare trajectories/as rare feats for wannabe/brooding beasts/to a big degree/for rivetingly dear people/ultimately at peace/during a joyful season …

 “From Shticky to Subtle” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  From shticky to subtle/insanely clichéd/divided creations/as the chosen, in a way/darkly comical/ noshing and gossiping/changing of hearts/becoming earnestly honest/generations apart…

 “Back in the Day” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Back in the day/surnames’/times of day/bolstering ranks/immigrant havens/long-awaited/lives remade/throwback sensations/allegorical fables …

 “Well on the Charts” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Well on the charts/establishing stars’/cultural economies/generated by proxies/with running starts/ as hallmarks/of the obviously/humorous shocks/while tethering novel hip-hop/to pop name-nodding …

 “And They’re Off” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  And they’re off/gracefully limber/with some kick/sprinting/spinning off/subverting norms/unadoringly falling short/uncordially being ignored …

 “Attention Grabbing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Attention grabbing/pouting/shrugging/sticking out/finger wagging/cameras shooting/behind backs/carefully crafted/honest wear/learning to laugh/bringing flair …

 “Nothing Doing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  “Nothing doing?”/[Gone…just like that!]/like one navigating a maze, maybe/donning a waistcoat on a runway/shaped like a staircase on game day/sporting spray-on soccer players/into the Hall of Fame …

 “Letting Up” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Letting up/letting go/opposed to/ “No ifs ands or buts”/egging on/ham it up/insta blurb/bit by bit/more than nudge/when doubled/“In witness whereof”/“Hereinbefore mentioned” …

“Disarming” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Disarming/nonconforming/disembodying/dark charm/flailing arms/footage of goths/finding solace/in starts and stops/heads rocking/snaking arms …

 “Breaking Through” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Breaking through as a futurist/spanning syncretic genres/global superstars/tugging between tradition and modernity/exerting earthen sensual soulful pulls …

 “Chatty” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Chatty/but not overstuffed/underlining emotions/uptempo/finger snapping/embracing twang/patiently undulating arrangements/electronic spaces/archived names/richly rooted/never constrained/heart palpitating salsa flamenco …

 “Casual Calisthenics” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Casual calisthenics/as self-reflected/delivered sentiments/reveling in the experiments/of unhurried human-centric progresses/to the lingering effects/from interconnectedness/repeatedly being sung/as nervy melodies…

 “Hankerings” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Hankerings harbingers uncertain hurdles determined flirty tricky wispy  momentary glimpses  adoring singsongy voices  rejoining finishing off …

 “Flickering” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Flickering in and out of the mix/hovering breathily/as a second revenge/since the pandemic era/threatening crescendos/edgeless elegies/mournful melodies/in forever string sections/and ever-more woofer-rattling messages/deepening beneath perpetual memories/of ravenous lust and sweat …  

 “Grappling with Slang” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Grappling with slang/simply dancing/with song tracks’ samplings/switching to shuffling drummings/funky wonderings/plus hard-won pickings and strummings/dovetailing physicality and love/fluttering momentum/confusing breakups/designated as, “munch” …

 “An Alien Storm” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  An alien storm/“What a wake-up call this morning!”/sent scrambling/raining gasoline/methane lakes and streams/oceans of ammonia/critical thresholds/nuclear powered drones/molten volcanoes/ syrupy flows/running slide shows .. 

 “Landing with a Splash” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Landing with a splash by grandiose fans  intermixing software tending to flail  bragging on tangents ending take-home exams  somewhat underhanded rephrasing guardrails  risking backlash feeling stale… 

 “Nevertheless” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Nevertheless time well spent with a web address  as an ethereal residence  being brought to an all-new level  feeling very-well assembled …

 “Fragile” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Fragile at one moment/invincible the next/smashing together musical styles and verbal tactics morphing/unfolding/overly ghostly/defying gravity/turning into grotesquerie/almost harriedly relinquishing briefs/punishing peaks/stretching beyond boundaries/via synth-driven melodies …  

 “At the Center” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  At the center of an ear of corn  “Finally!” being made into a pipe  “Oopsie!” becoming flushed as cheeks  upon sipping Pepsi or RC topped with dollops of ice cream …

 “Gotcha” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Gotcha lovers of gossip  hanging loose hanging tough  up-and-coming clearly stunned  by big names in party cups  of old money gone bankrupt…

 “Utterly Fresh” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Utterly fresh/leaving behind an essence/from principal to apprentice/daringly unaffected by transcendence/as essentially experimental evoked coincidence/teased out by presences felt/like complex fondly remembered togetherness …

 “Drawing a Mention” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Drawing a mention here or there  famous or forgotten  mercifully more than moving  sweat-inducing  conjurings of community  via dipping and lifting …

 “Skittish” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Skittish guilt trips  taking nothing in  hearing whispering  feeling tingling …

 “Not Easy to Forget” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Not easy to forget  gently pressing  grimly unsettling  urgency reticence  to magical effect  feeling genuinely sexy …

 “First Indications” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  First indications  with an inclination  to select new over old  as a toasty opening  verses a past cold sense of loathing  expressed as: “Well, that sure is swell!” 

 “Somewhat Faceless” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Somewhat faceless sensibly paced  yet ecstatic and anxious turning pages decades delayed like collective contemplations becoming curtain raisers elusive and ageless…

 “Dismantling” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Dismantling the hocus-pocus on fascinatingly manic distant planets  playing implacable baton-twirling jazz  gathering with scrappy dancers  into choreographed ballroom tangos  rebounding with the “hiccuppy” air  of a new-found romance …

 “Saturated” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Saturated shocks of color  sunny-side-up  pivoting themes and meanings  as the joys of reading  period to period …

 “Capturing the Zeitgeist” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Same old, same old  “Amscray!” altered states  a little rusty maybe …