Sexual Torture
The phrase in Japanese “comes smelling out”
Becomes just “wafted.” What a letdown such
Attempts result in, only a Girl Scout
Translation. Poetry deploys a crutch
When being forced across from foreign tongue
To foreign tongue. When first a word is used
It flashes wildly. When a word is young,
Its freshness sings electrically. Abused
When kidnapped to another language, words
Become the captives of a fool who tries
To give them new existence. They are birds
Ensnared in nets and giving out squelched cries.
..Excitement like a climax in your bed
….Becomes a gray thing struggling in your head.
“Every word was once a poem.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson