by Joe Balaz
Incurious
and numb to it all
da emotional atmospherics
dat stay emanating from da brain
is kinnah different
den da locomotive pulling da train.
Let me apply some scrutiny
and put wun x-ray on da situation.
I can see lately
dat it’s very complicated
and sometimes frustrating
cause da scope
of wat it’s really about
no boil down
to wun perceptible sound bite.
Sliding into doubt
or second guessing
can derail anyting
and send you into wun ditch.
In da face of dat
no come all bent
and trow your hands up in da air
cause da golden station
is always deah
waiting at da end of da destination.
Dere’s too much power
available in da engine
to not get back on track
and race down dat dream.
Joe Balaz has created works in American English and Hawaiian Islands Pidgin (Hawai`i Creole English). He is the editor of Ho`omanoa: An Anthology of Contemporary Hawaiian Literature and is the author of Pidgin Eye.
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