Leevi Lehto: Ananke: A Pantoum

From Ampauksia ympäripyörivästä raketista, 2004. Also available as Finnish original, and as a translation into Danish by Lene Asp Fredriksen (nypoesi.net), into Swedish by Martin Enckell, into Portuguese by Odile Cisneros, and into Icelandic by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (tregawott.net).

I'm Maria. I live in Vantaa. You come complete with good opinions and body.
The play happens at two levels simultaneously.
I'm looking for a sportive, over 170 cm man of the same age.
For the purpose, any space is applicable where one can get in touch with an audience.

The play happens at two levels simultaneously.
I will take you to my green room, if yet
for the purpose, any space is applicable where one can get in touch with an audience.
I'm a slim single parent of two hairy children. I will not talk about my businesses over
the phone.

I will take you to my green room, if yet
you call, then dictate your prepared text for the ad (max length 6 lines). The
automate will tell you:
I'm a slim single parent of two hairy children. I will not talk about my businesses over
the phone.
But if truly you care, you know where to find this woman. I'm not offering sex.

You call, then dictate your prepared text for the ad (max length 6 lines). The
automate will tell you,
is it true there is not to be found an honest, nice, settled man in Päijänne Tavastia.
But if truly you care, you know where to find this woman. I'm not offering sex.
The dramatic curve proceeds from the first encounter, and getting to know each
other, up to the parting.

Is it true there is not to be found an honest, nice, settled man in Päijänne Tavastia?
I am the night's dark and hot longhaired young woman.
The dramatic curve proceeds from the first encounter, and getting to know each
other, up to the parting.
Again the man promised just about everything! Couldn't wait to get away from an
ugly and fat woman.

I am the night's dark and hot longhaired young woman.
There's an offering of brains, character, and both inner and outer beauty, to which,
again, the man promised just about everything! Couldn't wait to get away from an
ugly and fat woman
to be a friend for an ordinary single mother (03 area, 179-69, 30-40yrs., educ., fond
of animals).

There's an offering of brains, character, and both inner and outer beauty, to which,
when revealing his secret, the baron went pale! While seeing Kunigunde, tanned
to be a friend for an ordinary single mother (03 area, 179-69, 30-40yrs., educ., fond
of animals) -
who participates in the selfsame cacophonic attempt at a discussion on life
and life-values.

When revealing his secret, the baron went pale! While seeing Kunigunde, tanned:
a just about incredibly intelligent woman, ahead of her time,
who participates in the selfsame cacophonic attempt at a discussion on life
and life-values -
big-breasted, and with a squelchingly horny cunt:

a just about incredibly intelligent woman, ahead of her time.
It's difficult to imagine a fine collection without individual poems like this.
Big-breasted, and with a squelchingly horny cunt.
Simply the best meal ever served.

It's difficult to imagine a fine collection without individual poems like this
containing partly acoustic music, partly that from the turn of the century:
simply the best meal ever served
and during the intermission to the holy ceremony, refreshments. I really was taken
over by horror

containing partly acoustic music, partly that from the turn of the century,
reflected at the surface of the wall using a computer and a video-gun,
and during the intermission to the holy ceremony, refreshments. I really was taken
over by horror
when I saw burned that good man from Biscay, who as godfather had married
the godmother

reflected at the surface of the wall using a computer and a video-gun:
XXL size lush big-breasted porcell offers relief to men of all sizes and descr in
Yliviesk evenigns nights.
When I saw burned that good man from Biscay, who as godfather had married
the godmother,
I'm excited by him having sex with another woman:

XXL size lush big-breasted porcell offers relief to men of all sizes and descr in
Yliviesk evenings nights.
Selling PLAYSTATION2 + 2 drivers + memoryc + games Gta3 and Fifa + cables +
instr + receipts.
I'm excited by him having sex with another woman.
Mira wants to know what you'd do to her. Be sure not be a looser.

Selling PLAYSTATION2 + 2 drivers + memoryc + games Gta3 and Fifa + cables +
instr + receipts.
I'm Maria. I live in Vantaa. You come complete with good opinions and body.
Mira wants to know what you'd do to her. Be sure not be a looser.
I'm looking for a sportive, over 170 cm man of the same age.

I'm Maria. I live in Vantaa. You come complete with good opinions and body.
The play happens at two levels simultaneously.
I'm looking for a sportive, over 170 cm man of the same age.
For the purpose, any space is applicable where one can get in touch with an audience.

The bulk of the poem is based on direct quotations from online and newspaper dating services. Additional sources include submissions for productions to be staged during the "Turku Poetry Week" in November 2003, Voltaire's mini-novel Candide, and poet Olli Sinivaara's essay "Mitä arvostelemme kun arvostelemme runokokoelmia?" (What do we review when reviewing poetry collections), Tuli&Savu 4/2002-1/2003. "Southern Häme", actually Päijät-Häme, a region around the southern end of Lake Päijänne.