“Making It Snappy”

 “Making It Snappy” 

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Making it snappy watching out for backlash 

crashing and burning as the opposite of “It is I”

I gotta decline/why oh why/my oh my …

“Loser to Scissors, Winner Over Rock”

 “Loser to Scissors, Winner Over Rock” 

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Loser to scissors, winner over rock

little hoppers mano y mano 

“Let the good times roll!” …

“A Sneaking Suspicion”

 “A Sneaking Suspicion”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A sneaking suspicion

a hidden treasure  “Get it!”

like a strait-laced imagination 

while no longer using a sippy cup, say 

“Beating the heck out of me!”

actually, how apropos, it’s so apt 

scraping out, going astray 

along with a family name …

“Taken to the Max”

 “Taken to the Max”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Taken to the max

at happy hour 

“My head is pounding!”

“And, they’re off!”

like savings for old age, for short …

“Yielding”

 “Yielding”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Yielding deep purple fruit 

repeating, “do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti do”

bidding a grand, “ Hello-o-o-o!”  

“Tossing Turning”

 “Tossing Turning”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Tossing and turning 

“Who me?”

“Oh, I’m so relieved!”

“Easy there!”

upon re-imagining 

when palm trees

grew in Alaska 

after being roused

from a long long nap …

“Oh Balderdash”

 “Oh Balderdash”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Oh balderdash

claptrap

nonsense 

blather 

flap doodle

wack 

dribble

phooey hooey 

flatter effusively 

just too too …