"….giving testimony, fighting against the nothingness
that will sweep us away."
– Julio Cortázar, "Hopscotch"
Sorry, mate! I can't unveil the source. Contrary to what
you've heard ̶ cloud lawn reunions, screenings of world
history, last dust galaxy swirls ̶ there's just this aqueduct
to all and nothing : a deed chalked gate _ boneless
sluicing _ then, breathless, light white wait.
An activated slit issues the 24 hour pass : terms of agreement?
you may return ̶ one loop, one day ̶ through any portal
in the world : the old workplace, a war zone rubble fled :
camp ward yard fall crash site opening back.
Free again! yes, look around . tidy up unfinished threads; see
how those stubborn DNA worms have turned; how the kids
are doing; your tormentors! Your will undone on earth.
Ask, Who the new feint champs? if faster
fasts exist . inspect new miniature devices, our heat melt
sink swim lists.
Peel figments from brain child to clan you failed
or fondled then no more : biosphere complete.
No, no ̶ I can't
reveal my sources . No, I won't give away the ending.
Fine! go ahead : invest in real
time shares . yeah, yeah : bond blues stock memory
loss > earth . earth :
– W.W.
DEATH
A shell cracked A yolk sucked
about the yolk out of the shell
that cannot spill that was always cracked
yet spreads and clings always leaking
The frozen memory The melting memory
of a melting dream of a frozen dream
The blinking memory The staring memory
of a dream without eyelids of a blurring dream
The rock mask The shifting mask
of a shifting cloud of a stony cloud
The fallacy The triumph
of flesh of butterflies and roses.
The slack Sleep's po-faced
irony of sleep concentration.
Justice without Reading
judgment without text
The ceremony The mirror
of indifference of nothing, and more.
(from "Scratches On The Air" by Brian Chan)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 