Would you take us to your leader?
- Bawr stretter! Bawr. Bawr. Stretterhawl?
- This is a little plasic model
of the solar system, with working parts.
You are here and we are there and we
are now here with you, is this clear?
- Gawl horrop. Bawr. Abawrhannahanna!
- Where we come from is blue and white
with brown, you see we call the brown
here 'land', the blue is 'sea', and the white
is 'clouds' over land and sea, we live
on the surface of the brown land,
all round is sea and clouds. We are 'men'.
Men come -
- Glawp men! Gawrbenner menko. Menhawl?
- Men come in peace from the third planet
which we call 'earth'. We are earthmen.
Take us earthmen to your leader.
- Thmen? Thmen? Bawr. Bawrhossop.
Yuleeda tan hanna. Harrabost yuleeda.
- I am the yuleeda. You see my hands,
we carry no benner, we come in peace.
The spaceways are all stretterhawn.
- Glawn peacemen all horrobhanna tantko!
Tan come at'mstrossop. Glawp yuleeda!
- Atoms are peacegawl in our harraban.
Menhat worrabost from tan hannahanna.
- You men we know bawrhossoptant. Bawr.
We know yuleeda. Go strawg backspetter quick.
- We cantantabawr, tantingko backspetter now!
- Banghapper now! Yes, third planet back.
Yuleeda will go back blue, white, brown
nowhanna! There is no more talk.
- Gawl han fasthapper?
- No. You must go back to your planet.
Go back in peace, take what you have gained
but quickly.
- Stretterworra gawl, gawl...
- Of course, but nothing is ever the same,
now is it? You'll remember Mercury.
Devious Comments
so, my mailing address is soon to be no more, no more, but finding a way
hope all is well, or at least a deep well
babyblue
whistle solo
humming a tune
good adventures homeslice
--
giving a voice to conditions or states of mind normally associated with speechlessness
-Franz Wright
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