“ Weighing “ ...

” Weighing “

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Weighing negotiations
as inter-religious,
inter-generational
& inter-national gagels
stretching back
this way and that
in and over mountains
via satellites
and downed towers
of mined data

and snare traps
with strings attached
to obscured realities
due to staged barriers
of the disadvantaged
along nightmarish
muddied trails
via long-standing
yet dizzying standards
harvesting processing plants
and regulatory affairs
of tainted lettuce bags...