Fields planted up, out drained . work hands cup
coin^like coordinates for paradise landings; breast
vows that won't till^death main stay | Wait, who
install you on my phone ? Jah Blesse, battery
low . life fat consigning.
Corrugated for roof
drip basin catch . till the next foetus kick pain
bearers could erect^must block | thigh wary, swat
aside blood wigglers underbiting.
/ Or trade closet walls for an aircraft
hangar – file glider paths heron^like in space;
give up the forest address, web spider wait for fire
fanning mate.
^
\ On second thought we hired Graciela, a start
over migrant . serve hostage from los polvos days
bra ‘n’ panty parceling.
Paid to polish shoes, our
feet now shod; sweep around the sand pile fortress
plan . pass^fail tempers warming with the years;
the gods we pay ! topology of dice sustaining.
Stuck in lymbostasis rules in extremis swing;
our searchers strike . shovel^like validating trust
in mortem metallum.
Hair lines cross thread,
beard head coverage end | bend tekking Happy
now? so rivers flow; neighbours watching.
-W.W.
[ In mem. Fernando Botero . 1932 – 2023 ]
BUD MOLSON'S WHITE DUNCE CAP
But feathers facing winds of prairies or peaks are soon
blown off, as pebbles (or Injuns) in (poisoned) downstreams
are washed away. Molson’s majority of cowards,
of beaten and beating-up buddies and dogs and guns,
can erase you in any back-alley of your choice,
not so much for your look but your voice, the sounds you make
which slot you fast as one more Klaatu from outer space,
an uncalled-for nuisance to that final product, life
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(from “Readiness” by Brian Chan, 2013)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 