One rain event lasting half a day can wash
away that village of beginnings | only rodents ignore
the treachery of ground^shift toppled trees . trunk
pointers exposed, undressable.
One island plan : fish loaf^like feed them globe
destiny ‘n’ fear; + trust in the ocean’s vast receivership,
currents rigged to snag . bag pack^flight testers.
\ Old dog you ! at your age shag^grooming
lambs . handling charge back handed.
Paddy drying servers wait . worlds apart, menu
cards for thinkers at linen tables leaving tips
for passage ways they really liked : those stainless
rice bowl bearers; cherry pick dessert.
^
Top obstinate, fail camouflage; bed come ‘n’ go
fedupness | them^us inside chest barrels churn
tumor causing . clusters nest or nation.
\ Alright, alright . we'll sort this planet next
time surface checking.
We have other stops to make, pings
from natures forming . friends you hope to see
again . Earth warning; work.
– W.W.
.
CRABWAYS
Straightforward in action and speech, you reject
my crablike approach of analogies
as a cartload of jade fragments
that cannot be considered real gems.
But not even yer literalist redneck
is as direct as he thinks: even he
has metaphor-dogs barking through
his tight-lipped pretensions: the complaints
of the Blues of wailing singers and guitars.
In Rocky’s Blues Bar in Red Deer one night,
a drunk boy bothered to tell me
‘This place is a cage of crocodiles.’
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(from “Readiness” by Brian Chan, 2013)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 