" Modest "...

" Modest "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Modest
mischievousness
becoming dark
and thoroughly grim
like an umpteenth
revival of cheesy
has-beens by cynics

while heads spin
right in the middle
of short-lived greatness
generating new kinds of history
being made from tough decisions

garnering mass intimacy
after some day-drinking
feeling filled with possibilities
for memoirists as written
by memorable women

upon taking vows
of secondary celibacy
hardly conceiving
of post-radical
hysterectomies
having totally
lost interest

stoking bids
those lips
contour kits
sparkling visions
makeup artistry
over eras

casual ease
pretty shabby
obsessional saps
not a chance
like rock-hard
Marzipan
cagey tactics
back channelled
as gifts of gabs
by femmes fatale
and mordant
manliness

well worth tracking
in subversive acts
of cultural baggage
trick-or-treat
toxic beauty
batty lashes
ringtails...