But maybe all he needs is a good night's sleep
after which everything will be dawn-rosy^
if only i could convince myself that’s true –
i have enough money – oh no i forget –
though it’s still a popular trope that you can’t
take it with you – its promise and investments
and dividends have clung to and followed me
here where nothing can be bought hoarded or sold
except the mind buying into and hanging
onto and selling itself more of the same
assumptions of finality and safety
that are sold into money’s risky fictions^
you don’t know the half of it! the scribbler says
(from “Limboa”, a sentimental anthem
by Brian Chan, 2023
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 