From a Glower to a Pout

" From a Glower to a Pout "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

A
wel-
ter
of
may-
hem
build-
ing
mo-
men-
tum
from a glower to a pout
hands
down
spell-
bound
under-
ground
like
lilac
walls
and
red
floors
in
on-
sloughts
of
just
"be-
cause"
Living
by
wits
in
flash-
lighted
pictures
and
the
like
un-
dis-
guised
and
angered
by
un-
can-
ny
eyes
in
pur-
su-
ance
of
man-
kind
like
tough
guys
hobbled
by
black
and
white
at
first
light
as
memories
of ice
at
first
sight...