[Howard]

"The Chief Speaks"
by
Marin Sorescu
(Translated from the Romanian by
John Hartley Williams & Hilde Ottschofski)

Write, write! Read, read! Poetry heapbig communication energy discharge. Quick mindheart trail. Poetry medicine man go nailbed trance. Him continuous selfelectricity bliss. Ulululu! Hurtmyflesh! Learn poetry blanket smokeverse. Bigtime startnew! Read doublesided nature joypain! Read poetryearthmaker joymessage! Good vibrations!

Me long time poetry medicine man. Whiteman knowledge no true shaman guessknowledge. Whiteman firemouth iron horse knowledge. Me go tribeheart highpeak mystery hunting ground. Make good smokeverse. Send bigstrong heap powerful tribestory message. Whiteman firejourney nowhere. Poetrytribe goodplace storysmoke anywhere.

Me nothing-else-to-do man. Me poetryman. Me nothing-else-to-do poetrymysterycracker man. Go highpeak hunting ground. Crack heapbig mysterynut!

Whiteman not worry mysterygone. Whiteman not care lose mysterynut. Me find it. Make goodcloud poetrystory. Make strongbrave poetrystory. Make cloudspirit mysterycrack poetrystory. Heapgood vibrations. Oweee!

Oldtime poetrysmoke make reader happy. Oldtime versemusic good spellthing. Tribe listen. Tribe dance. Oldtime poetrymedicine man lose magicpoetryspell. Oldtime poetrymagicspell go faroffplace. Tribe no listen. Tribe no dance. Tribe go fishing. Tribe play lacrosse. Tribe drink heapbig firewater. Heapbig sadtribe falldown falldown. Need poetrymagic ear reading! Need poetrymagic listen reading! Ulululu! Oweee!

Oldtime storybook poetryman longtime dead. Newtime poetryman no good tribe mysteryspeak. Newtime poetryman need bigreaderfriend. Newtime poetryman need listenreader. Newtime poetryman heapbig difficult situation.

Earthmaker say newtime come. Earthmaker say newtime no bigfriend reader yesterdaytribestuff! Quick quick oldtime smokeverse poetryman! Make memory newshape! Ulululu! Oldtime smokeverse poetryman him bigload heavy steephill poetrywalk! Him no like walkheavy uphill. Earthmaker bigfriend oldtime poetryman. Earthmaker say poetryman make newtime quickquick. Make newtime downhill whizzfast cloud true! Make walklight uphill whizzfast skynew! Ulululu! Oweee!

Bigfriend poetryreader! How!