“Feature by Feature”

 “Feature by Feature”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Feature by feature 

permanent embodiments 

of a face on full display 

sparing neither wrinkle nor wart

emphasizing choices 

as larger-than-life lower lips 

stern rugged iron-willed 

elevated images ruled by wisdom 

crushed by immensity…

“Wood Carvings”

 “Wood Carvings”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Wood carvings human bodies 

exceptional art powdered rock

fixed patterns understanding 

elaborate masks richest chapters 

mysterious spectacular 

heightened impacts 

swans white whales …

“Mastering”

 “Mastering”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Mastering illusionistic space

by its very nature 

treated as empty space 

on funerary vases 

revealing bodies beneath drapery

swelling and fading 

on white bases arms raised 

as accidents of fate 

appealing to imagination’s

lineage explained …