چهارشنبه، اردیبهشت ۱۶، ۱۳۸۸

The Earth is a Satellite of the Moon

The Earth is a Satellite of the Moon
Leonel Rugama

Apollo 2 cost more than Apollo 1
Apollo 1 cost plenty

Apollo 3 cost more than Apollo 2
Apollo 2 cost more than Apollo 1
Apollo 1 cost plenty

Apollo 4 cost more than Apollo 3
Apollo 3 cost more than Apollo 2
Apollo 2 cost more than Apollo 1
Apollo 1 cost plenty

Apollo 8 cost a fortune, but no one minded
because the astronauts were Protestant
they read the Bible from the moon
astounding and delighting every Christian
and on their return Pope Paul VI gave them his blessing.

Apollo 9 cost more than all these put together
including Apollo 1 which cost plenty.

The great-grandparents of the people of Acahualinca were less
        hungry than the grandparents.
The great-grandparents died of hunger.
The grandparents of the people of Acahualinca were less
        hungry than the parents.
The grandparents died of hunger.
The parents of the people of Acahualinca were less
        hungry than the children of the people there.
The parents died of hunger.
The people of Acahualinca are less hungry then the children
        of the people there.
The children of the people of Acahaulinca, because of hunger,
        are not born
they hunger to be born, only to die of hunger.
Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the moon.


translation: Sara Miles, Richard Schaaf & Nancy Weisberg
from: Poetry Like Bread, Curbstone Press, 1994

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