"Sandra, where are you tonight
I wonder." - Mighty Sparrow (1967)
Not sure which pet to feed in your portfolio,
rhino . sloth . tapir? Feathers on validation edge
grab any floating cap whenever the pluck they can.
Back garden tender Aunt Fae found half^
naked; them chop down the bush where the suspect
disappear | Lagahoo seen, dancehall tracks
light up ! lady leg wax hours here, yeah.
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Empire left mangrove^like bench markers so
rules slide; bulb pumps checkin’ mas’ man’ woman
dangle | bead^hair straight back to colony run^
test.
At blinds of faith Blue Boy firing devil rhyme
near ash pits round the world hips heave so What
yuh wearing Wednesday ? taking knee how.
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From trap indoors side exit ? not too obvious
out source found – heritage chefs exact the purest
flesh per pound; on cutting boards prep^gather
coupling cubes.
Graves of island heroes watch cows linger
pass; weeds nibble . sleep . detest the heat | cane
stock not worth the climb, exhale while Likes
to crystals grind . Ours, Vijinie xx.
– W.W.
YUH RAP SO (5.0)
Till The Real Thing Comes Along was their anthem,
Their post-coital theme-song as it fast became,
Lady Day shrugging her wailing heart away
Through Amanda’s turntable ever turned on:
They’d stare at her ceiling, both wondering when
(Everything become an egg about to hatch
Or at worst a bomb about to burst) + what
(After giving in, showing up, getting off
Lying back + lighting up a floppy spliff,
They could think of nothing to say) + how come?
(Two sphinxes become their own one conundrum)
(from “Raponani”, by Brian Chan, 2023)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 