This poem is taken from PN Review 281, Volume 51 Number 3, January - February 2025.
Set 8: Mondo de Katastrofoj
Translated by John Gallas
1.
Life like tooth
Boris Vian (1920–1959/France)
life like tooth
not much bother to start with
bing I’m hungry bong I’m thirsty
suddenly ow bursty-bursty
pain like you never thought nothing else matters
worry worry call the doctor please
can’t be helped incurable disease
pull it out extract extract extract the end
2.
like always like forever
Anonymous (early 20th Century/Paiute song)
like always like forever
snow holds the hills
the deer the high-horn
stalk down tracking
...
1.
Life like tooth
Boris Vian (1920–1959/France)
life like tooth
not much bother to start with
bing I’m hungry bong I’m thirsty
suddenly ow bursty-bursty
pain like you never thought nothing else matters
worry worry call the doctor please
can’t be helped incurable disease
pull it out extract extract extract the end
2.
like always like forever
Anonymous (early 20th Century/Paiute song)
like always like forever
snow holds the hills
the deer the high-horn
stalk down tracking
...
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