“Because the soil is unstable. Just pegasse. Looks
rich on top but that’s about all. What do you think
they say when the crops run away?”
– The Whole Armour, Wilson Harris (1962)
Horning, a source of rich fibrous anger, snuffs
raison so . them not^loved break up furniture, fling
outhouse good good clothes; assets ‘til death bite
\ Islanders @foreign marvel how the locals jump
on the couch in sneakers | snow or rain . jacket dasheen^
like bright not their crop cover. Shelf top? up from ground
provider hit me if my Number call. Okay, I’m going
Officer ! all on the same flight.
^
Teeth suck, mouth watch raised Mon Dieu! on lip
stick prayer stub | not once You scared the shit
out of me! breath shortness all prologuing.
^
Back home they notice turns you flipped – them
orange bottle pills ? no more carilla tea; + that
December face^scrub glow, from cane plot lines
rescued; all strip grind in.
\ They’ll ask por Dios if prices curve,
arms tattoo pacts with fate | + wait! kinship
latitudes time sensitive ? how come.
Is true ? you can dip
switch the heart, host^link Two one decoupling;
who waits to greet you ? path reset all good.
– W.W
YUH RAP SO (4.7)
That land was Chancing, New Jersey, for Judd Ladd
– Who had no intention of even trying
To do what his father + brother would die
Failing to achieve while feeling they had won
(Eat To Win was a diet-book in fashion
& it took pride of place beside the Bible
& other guides stacked on their TV table):
Judd had grabbed his chance to leave God’s country but
Only to extend, not fix, that wanderlust-
Gene the legacy of post-Edenic men
(So it’s another story where he went next)
(from “Raponani”, by Brian Chan, 2023)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 