Heart Pound So . Take Time Coming

06/23/2026

…hidden ties, hidden chains, mixed antecedents,
rational/irrational dreams of freedom one glimpses
in the faces of others as in oneself

– Wilson Harris, Companions of the Day
and Night (1975)

Should you start dyeing your grey hair
clears the airs of implanters | how long ‘til power
lines snap under corbeau grip watch – follicle
tips confirming.

Why in the name of progress would anyone
pierce the nipple ? or restart One Chop
clean ‘n’ done beheading | plastic hard^
card safe, Savi ! no mix^mash worries.
………….

Heat strokes . so lobster^like first mate
boil done? pot luck another / he girlfriend
children father stab he | stray? one out^
house per couple. O, so something wrong
with me?

Dress petals slip . rose tumble down hill
side > calyp handles snag the slide | kidnap^
ransom plot nobody hatched ~ was only^
human eggs bubbling in oil pan.
…………….

Herd rib bars near strain < our framers
down load body copy | fly past birds
humming EMF^like flavours curry the air!
might get fired at some point.

Come away from the window . is only
doctors making rectal stops > jook hamper
slings that help you move one side; place
wanting home.

  • W.W.

[ In mem: Abdullah Ibrahim – Cape Town Fringe ]

YUH RAP SO (7.4)

He’s right as far as his tribe-stained ego goes –
as far as all our egos go and must go
but i could tell the old boy he has a shock
coming if he thinks his last breath is his last
arc of awareness – if he thinks that nada
is possible – if he thinks that he wont feel
hunger or anger or sheer irritation
in the face of this or that temptation or
injustice or mosquito remembered or
still stinging the skin of the ghost of his flesh

(from Limboa, a sentimental album
by Brian Chan, 2023)

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Author: FarJourney Caribbean

Born in Guyana : Wyck Williams writes poetry and fiction. He lives in New York City. The poet Brian Chan lives in Alberta, Canada.

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