Like roads not taken / legend points, they cross
somewhere / it pays first to download a bush
route foot print; wire it around the skull | futures
like luggage lost need tree^mark time huts,
nearby light streaming.
* The son notes how . grand Pa^Ma act
least surprised each day unspools | come night
the dog star walk, cat fur finger^fondling.
Control ! what hand toys mean to the boy,
screen^death delight unblinking | his wheel
thumb^steer age leaves us . breadth to whisk
broom the text shelf; French-style flip Nothing
to be done flat bottom miracles.
* Pre-Online models favored siestas, ties
slack on blood or dye | startled ~ sea shore
with rocks defending ~ they caught reflective will
this island^world chain link spell end ? wrong
way signs.
Sky not all clear couldn’t stop . jokes
about the valley of the shadow : what are the odds
chipping, yay.
- W.W.
QAT
Qat's sensation du louche continues, her sense
That Madame’s talk is acting like a magnet
Drawing up, from both their stomachs, iron-nuts
Which have been fed to them as digestible
But are really meant to be screwed onto bolts
Replacing nails – for firmer crucifixions.
Qat’s main mode of survival lies in asking questions,
Bald safe questions about that you, about
Those people before her at any moment,
Dissolving her own history into theirs.
(from “Charon’s Anchors” by Brian Chan)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 