" Summoning Memories "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Summoning memories
evoking heartstringed eras
over years and years
of tears and tears
downstream
of celebratory
memorabilia
flooding stringed
light-lined streets
hanging needly
evergreen wreaths
staging live Nativities
spinning dreidels
" dai-dia-anu
dai-dai-anu
dai-dai-anu
dai-dai-anu
dai-dai-anu "
marching in place
re-thinking
re-configuring arenas
having once
been inaccessible
from the streets
re-opening
with actual
greenery
growing beneath
our moving feet
keenly nurturing
groundskeepers
weaving together
thinly bladed fields
sprouting from
dormant seeds
saved
from previous eras
of native species
preserving
our horticultural
history
via scientific
academic means
like the greening
of our intellectual genes
baton-wielding
band leaders
banners streaming...
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