" Stopping Short "...

" Stopping Short "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stopping short
under discord
and offerings
of endorsement

as sponsored content
like hacking salsa dancers
and pack rats for The Tour de France

being branded Mah-jongg barware
by marijuana tax stamps in Ziplock bags
from one-arm bandits of shedded hair
for tail-waggers all along hiking trails

while mimicking even-handed
samplers of madness
replete with panties all in a tangle

at The Academy of Revamped
Criss-Crossed Paths
avidly rapping on snares...