The Miracle of Katibo

I ran down Chin at last
In a small café on Boulevard Lafour
Called something something Heaven

“Though I’m blind,” he'd said
“You’ll recognize me by my book:
“Athanasius Kircher:
“The Last Man Who Knew Everything”

“I’m glad you’re here”
He greeted me when I arrived
Then he ordered a brace of skylarks
And a bottle of local rum

(Ah, Katiban rum …
One sip - you’ll say goodbye
To all your aches and pains
Two sips - you’ll ask
What happened to my body?)

“Let’s stroll,” he said
After we’d picked the last bone clean
“Even a blind man knows
“When the sun is shining”

A Katiboise named Joy Alive
One of Chin’s brighter students
Hailed us as we crossed the Place de ’40

He introduced me
As “our distinguished visitor”

I hoped that made up
For my rumpled suit and three days’ growth
Of what only a saint could call a beard

Her dissertation
Which he’d come to Katibo to supervise
Discusses phasing in
A self-sustaining economy
To replace one based on sugar cane

As we passed a shop she said
“Look in this window
“Tell me what you see”

“A display of Poppy G3’s,” I replied
Then I quoted the ad I’d seen a million times
“Its brain is bigger than your brain”

“The Poppy G3 in Katibo,” she corrected

I raised my arm
As if in response
To a classroom question

“I have a G3,” I said

“So do I,” said Joy

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