“A body like you must learn to follow the shadow
of an ant through the needle's eye of duty.”
– Wilson Harris, Heartland (1964)
Fibres of integrity degrade; our ocean walls
could sigh ‘n’ crumble . scramble every toil^tiered
towner deep inland, pulling straw ‘n’ bull.
Admin will swear next
time . spine over riding posture | done! with bulb^like
face hanging on shape^shift lines; spectacles of fabric
sharing mind.
Doctors till now dread trouble shooting Caliban
criss^crassness | one ceramic chip whoa! check
the dinner plates . cracks hiding; bamboo wrong fit,
see our Cave Man Hosting Guide.
Mass cells? they tried tried^plant cure – pro^folk
who coming home assumed assumptions cared to play;
whose arteries / margin to metroplex / logged so
who crop nurse need?
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Coastal roofs we rent ? tenant customs undeclared :
the heritage IV drip poles, grip^romance; Gao Ming
store keepers flossing; our Station Supt. waving khaki
hand gun applications.
\ iPhone vibrate, new
message . fossil love cassava, purpose calculating.
Not any time soon, G'wan ! crank yuh moves bad
world gyurl.
– W.W.
ORACLE
If you feel this chart a blank slate,
know that it has been prepared for us
to draw the moment of our mind on.
Should it seem a near-empty bowl,
know that it is designed not to leak
a single drop of your molten gold.
And if you find it floats in a free state,
know that every border has been crossed
and every tribe challenged so that we might
begin to map our memory beyond
any nostalgia for one mother-
tongue or other investment of cowards.
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(from “The Gift of Screws” by Brian Chan, 2008)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 