With Ink Still Wet

" With Ink Still Wet "

by Suzán Jiván

With ink still wet
works for a cello
and a wailing clarinet
as honorable mentions

virtually unseen
since first inception
with the severity
of revelers

glaringly and malevolently
offset by a present quest
for the venerable

funk and shuffles
on a drum set
or sometimes
just one
strapped to the chest
still wet with sweat...