“ Left to Bury Our Relatives “ ...

“ Left to Bury Our Relatives “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Left to bury our relatives reaching near records
of “Do-It-Yourselfers” according to professors
of community medicine unexpectedly
consumed by “the web of counterintelligence”
while reversing suspected carcinogens
and unrelenting stress as turmoil spreads
for visionaries with fists clenched
offering longevity plus accessories aplenty
and clamoring for attention as matters of self-
expression like returning from the dead
from inside a reservation ledger
feeling existential via tenured human attention
with little left to tie us together
having misconstrued past lessons
of consumer-based sectors
to greater and lessor extents
as essences become essential
taking compelling extra steps
while recommending
taking palmfuls and gently pressing
making reference to beauty regimes
invented to be felt as an “ever-
beneficial cooling and tightening effect” ...