02/12/2026
A glance at the notebook on his knee shows me
a page full of as many numbers as words
i ask what man, are you an accountant then?
and he says better, I’m an economist
revising rules for accountants and lawyers
to die by i sigh i seee! a fabulist!
The careless ease with which i translate the thrust
of his expertease-dart into its essence
of fantasy surprises me like a slap
to my own face – waking me to the memory
of an arrogant audacity of mine
not unlike this man’s – my pretense at being
(that existential angst of the common man)
the academic most people thought i was
because my reading had influenced my speech.
(from Limboa, a sentimental anthem
by Brian Chan, 2023)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 