Kikyuu

Kikyuu

for Shay

When I was born
I could not speak Japanese
Half way to the shuffling off
I still cannot
Speak Japanese.

On the other side from you
In so many ways
I stand on my head
Eat no meat in the land of utu and the barbie
Godzone and long white cloud
Am seldom what I seem
Seldom what I am
English I speak

Yet pretty I know

You
Ever
And
Omni
Present

Pitch Black
Sa-chi
I explode
As they do
Automatron
Lost in translation
Ape to angel
Oh yes
Ape to angel
(Not lost on me this translation)

Of a sudden
You are there
Your wings tell me you are there
Ecstasy and terror
In angels wings
You know that
That’s why you relate
And the voice
The angel voice
Telling me
To find a way

In Japanese you tell me
Find a way

Not
Lost in translation
I scream inside
I cannot see
I cannot understand
I do not know the way
I only know that this is the way
That you and I are
That we are
No turntable
No dub
No remix

You seem to have lost sight of that

It punctuates my being
It permeates my being
Punctures every born and being bubble

Interrupt the electronica
Metallica
There you are

Ahhhh

Aue!

Nothing becomes old as quickly as a new sound

Just breathe

I creep into myself
How dare you break this shattering reverie with your tonal
Phonic
Faux Michaelmas
Your
Thanksgiving
Your angel speak

As I fear
You say:

You are fabulous, each and every one
And I bless you
More life
The great work begins

The great work begins

The great work begins

A world of continuity
Nothing is lost forever

Still
I understand
Upside down or not
I still cannot speak Japanese

Any more than I could eat a whale

I have not done as I was told

I have not
Found a way

Ave
Ave
Ave
Maria

Aue!
Aue!

Aue, He Atua!

Dominum

26 January 2010