After Dada Manifesto (1916, Hugo Ball)
who is this you got with you, the washerwoman will ask.
oh, that's dada
,
he ll
say
he will vomit
petals pink-u pink-a,
like eternal blisseses.
a cat in zurich meows-
dada. all the other cats
purr & run, & the past
tense of sin will be sun
which shines on the pluplusch
& the pluplubasch when it has been raining.
in some languages, dada means father
or any elder man you don't yet hate.
the rickshawala is dada, dada turn left
at the next turn & then straight. dada,
one kilometer tomato & batata too.
the world's
soul
is
dada
is
the world's
best
lily-milk soap.
dada is wet with flags. it's a world of the word, afterall.
batatatoos falling from pluplusches like vomit petals.
dada is first place in a public race concerned about
p
ed
estals.
the tailor measures dada with a seven yard cloth.
the truth is, she says, I'm a doctor, she says.
oh, that's wonderful! there's a cat coughing
weirdly in zurich tomorrow.
yeah, it's cured, she stays.
rhank you, all the other cats lick & grind & wallow
in their own shit. please come meow- da da
come
meow
|
da
da
it vomits petals, they purr & run, it is sun.
shou l ders
arms arms & there are hands.
l l there is zurich.
e e there is tomorrow.
g g
s s
how long till they meet,
what small distance is plutata too.
breaking news - blue red blue red
now now now now
of an ambulance
taking space in the road -
women with pearls have been attacked by a swarm
of oysters. our correspondent in zurich is crunching
the numbers. in the meanwhile, we bring you a survivor
of the warning, of secondscoming - inside the oyster,
she says it was the king of oysters, inside the king
of oysters there was dada m'dada dada mhm.
by the way, the doctor says, how much can I get for these -
her hands
on
the table - with golden coins.
she vomits petals, eturnally blessed.
oh no, she says, that's not that bad
but do I have to
swallow all these petals back?
it's a sacrifice
the king of oyster
demands.
they have water guns & they'll shoot the things that fly.
they have water guns & they'll shoot students in corridors.
they have water guns, how about the fires there?
in some language, dada is grandfather. dada, you will have a long
funeral. &
,
we ll
chant dada m'dada dada mhm.
~Ajay
8/1/2020
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bliss station ~ poetry
Puisi~ where is your bliss station / you have to try to find it ~
