Encoded Librettos

" Encoded Librettos "

by Suzán Jiván

for Bill

Verse One: The Recognition
The recognition
from solidly singing
absurdities
in encoded librettos

Verse Two: Rivetting
Rivetting
in a long
scene
capturing
covetous
comings
and goings

Verse Three: What Might Have Been
What might have been
in the uncomposed
staccatos
of final moments

Verse Four: The Heavy Din
The heavy din
of insignificance
with an encrypted stiffness

Verse Five: An Illicit Villain
An illicit villain
bursting
with complicity
from an eruptive rift

Verse Six: Cryptive Deliverances
Cryptive deliverances
with the skittishness
of a paranoidal mystic

Verse Seven: A Monumental Entourage
A monumental entourage
of marches
bearing
with the harsh shards
of an arduous agitprop

Verse Eight: Metric Complexities
Metric complexities
stealthily stretching
with a malevolent intensity
into a clandestined endemic

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