“ A Trial Separation “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ..

“ A Trial Separation “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A trial separation
minus obligation
unwrapped impatiently
pending sanctions,
“ Here come
the bootlegs!”
as homemade
fully inflated
cartoon faces
having undergone
numerous confrontations
with a deranged mermaid
exchanging
excerpted conversations
post breakup
in a teeny-tiny space
half way
between tacky
meditation
and stillness basically
yet never really meant
to be believed
in the first place
having been renamed,
“The heyday
of matchmaking naïveté” ...