“ Under “ ...

“ Under “

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Under fire oven hot
wildly popular agreed or not
due to exorbitant enforcers
patrolling border to border
hitting convenience stores
built for, “Only the Strong”

standing to applaud
coarser discourses
during anticipated
postwar posthumous talks
from years and years before
as indigenous shellfish offerings

soldiers
marching
and calling
port to port
forming much
larger stories
getting carted off
as afterthoughts

lacking in decorum
while still dressed
in uniform
impulsively
seeking,
“All the Glory”
upon rolling out
the dance floor

often having little
or no choice
of the musical score
feeling pinched
off and small
sadly conceding,
“It’s all according”...