Picking a foot path out . trip over living
room floors now rubble . the mother stops
only to give her child sip sips of water.
Try these mushrooms, vendors press. They’ll
start ripples down plumb lines . past first
second born, box steps performing . back to the gene
pool discourse sperm^pebbles interrupt.
-+-
\ Love for sons ‘n’ sacrifice, chest in wrap^round
blast codes to the Peace . @God’s Great
End maidens clean set teacups Friday. What’s
left to get? Arrgh.
Emir bare head swell ! we should resist
the moonlight ocean dips, divers report . bottom
raising glass pride rigs, mesh net dripping laugh
last + Thank You for the Role Pay.
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\ Hands that cup the butterfly, ice cream
cone receiving, no longer draw | thumb rules
make winds winnable, hips click hooray.
Hey, Vijinie! that postcard you sent
The Havana seawall ‘96? I found + other stuff
meteor rock^like saved | dias freaking noche
stars . our best^worst burn in storage . bowls
Okay.
– W.W.
YUH RAP SO (2.1)
Such non-language Inky Khan, a creative
Also practised: it seemed so self-evident,
Proving itself the proud product of newsprint
Which, though he knew its words were more hollow balls,
Set its authenticity-stamp on them all,
Thousands of times, as on forged ballots, enough
To make thousands of readers want to believe
The validity was real – shit, but their shit,
Tribe-mind lies as codes into their opposite:
Creative lies
(from “Raponani” by Brian Chan, 2023)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 