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Charles Bernstein: Gertrude ja Ludwig's Bogus Adventure
To Gabriele Mintz
(My Way, Speeches and Poems (1999))
Finnish translation
As Billy goes higher all the balloons
Get marooned on the other side of the
Lunar landscape. The module's broke -
It seems like for an eternity, but who's
Counting and Sallys joined the Moonies
So we don't see much of her anyhow.
Notorious novelty I'd settle for a good
Cup of Chase & Sand-borne though when
The strings are broken on the guitar
You can always use it as a coffee table.
Vienna was cold at that time of year.
The sachertorte tasted sweet but the memory
burned in the colon. Get a grip, get a grip, before
The Grippe gets you. Glad to see the picture
Of ink the pitcher that pours before
Throwing the Ball, with never a catcher in sight.
Never a catcher but sometimes a catch, or
A clinch or a clutch or a spoon never a
Catcher but plenty oflack, 'till we meet
On this side of the tune.
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Charles Bernstein
Ilmi-tuu-ikkunaan
Runouden puolustus
Gertuden ja Ludwigin valeseikkailu
Iltaruskopurjehdus
Arkadi Dragomoshenko
"Vanhoilla päivilläni"
Grigori Skovodoran paluu
Hamdam Zakirov
Salattua etsimässä
The Four Saluts
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