\ Under the samaan tree hand wash hands
wring . time sweats hard; the touch bottomed ministries
line feeding : glass^wrap dreamsicles on the way Allez
Allez.
On shifts of temper labour sticks;
breakers point . off shore sheep^wolf interiors split
stitch.
These people, honestly steuups
Dimwattie ! so obvious snakes in the cane Strip the field.
*
Heritage in case kept . about infidelities
so many swerved | the more of knees they understood
the sag^hoist feel to haul; caps have not one clue.
Yes, naturally
one hyperlocal bamboo | code : shootByplay.
*
/ Harsher than suns familiar,
our food plants placed at risk . you must be in lizard
pause not to notice; flick that tongue thing.
Oil to burn in the pan ? still can’t
tell what stakes brown well . try the champurrado
if you’re anywhere near their accordion contracts.
+ Since absolutely! Made in Heaven we trust > way
way up there in the billions spent stars host
Arrival Day . beacon Sorry for the delay. We should
probably get going, yes?
– W.W.
[ for John + Zul + the 70s ]
TO A GELDING PROUD TO BRAY LIKE A GILDED MULE
But gold and pearls and jade sing one another’s song,
crystal and amber know each other as one gem
though each knows itself a certain facet of light,
each allowing the other of itself to be
itself and its otherness as mirror echoes.
Yes, I am a poor primitive, and the proud brute
is you, petty pretender spouting accustomed
shibboleths of your birth-tribe as Earth’s final gold.
……………………………………
(from “Readiness” by Brian Chan, 2013)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 