" Up for Grabs "...

" Up for Grabs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Up for grabs
costly battles 
grimly examined

appearing to be cracking
within hasty clashes
while attempting to rally 
mixed race crowds

taken for granted
as always attractive
via largely financed handfuls 
from hacked grab bags

like scrambled executive matters
by checking excess baggage
during heavy air traffic 
for money managers 

reinventing philanthropy
ultimately mishandled 
and laid bare
by activists for humanity 

becoming incomprehensibly absent
both as fantasy and failure 
do-able in comparison 
to cold hard facts
versus outright bragging 
emphatically left to chance...