Eyes that close near the end of a sentence
as if in prayer, as if in touch with outer space
messengers – how to verify ? skip past on ground
We not supposed to play near centuries of wave follow.
\ Hands once cuffed to Estate fate, form
good on ball^bat day | on state of the rack souls in enamel
knots hang; else why would anyone care ? butter
flaps mud baked; servers down.
+
Pebbles build mountain trust; our tree toppers
code branch ‘n’ leaf in hair pin numbers | still
tower rung cow bells for wondering flesh . MEENA, yu
‘LUT yu ‘other ‘UNT!
\ Willing to fly, like bees fixed^wing furious
from flower to flower; clueless how to guard
fern trails, young women < Come! admiring ripe
ol’ sage.
+
Not vested, circles of rotor^roused Empire
dust cloud altitudes; blood settles, bones run
for outlet points | few scores to hose away, thank the earth
solid mercy.
\ Locked in ? the One all style ‘n’ user
fame; him^her in windowless phone destitution | see
what matters, tide low ? limbo stick, see.
– W.W.
YUH RAP SO (3.3)
Such concerns never needled Conrad (Doctor:
He became a dentist here in Canada)
But, as his word-sponge, am i lying through my
Teeth by telling what he told me of this life
Before he became a decent dissident
& had to seek status as an immigrant
In this elsewhere? If i lie, i lie after
The masked man mouthing tales of his time down there:
What happened was, was how he often began
The latest segment of his installment-plan
Autobiography – as he himself deemed
His answers to people’s Where do you come from?
– But, he said once, most of them think it mek no
Difference + them that ask do suh to keep you
Different
(from “Raponani” by Brian Chan, 2023)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 