19 September 2008

pōetrē

for assistance in how to read ZUMEL/zacanese, check out the first post here

īv bin rīting ā lot uv pōetrē lātlē. sad haw ţat hapenz wen īm unhapē. ţē art kumz at ol ţu rong tīmz. ţu hapē pōemz uv her or fyū ānd for bētwēn. ī wuz tū bizē bēing hapē tū rīt ţat muç. īd preferd mī tīm tū bē spent wiţ her raţer ţan rīting ubawt her. ţu stuf īv bin rīting lātlē ī ţink iz pritē gūd wiç is rār, sins ī dōnt muç līk mōst uv mī pōemz. uv kors, ţāy or ol fārlē dork, dēpresing, angrē. īm not rēlē şor wiç wunz tū pōst for koment sins ţis hōl siçūāşun gets mūr ānd mūr fukd up everēdā fūr stūpid rēzuns. sō, hēr iz ā şort wun ī rōt tūdā on ţū wā tū werk:

īm trīing tū kil mīself
wiţ ţu nikōtēn
wiţ kafēn
vodku
& tolking
ţots ānd ā fīnlē
tūnd sens uv self ubyūs

translāşun

i'm trying to kill myself
with the nicotine
with caffeine
vodka
& talking,
thoughts and a finely
tuned sense of self-abuse

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ol wē had wuz drink
ānd ol ţu devilz wē
kūldint tolk ubawt
sō wē drank & lafd
insted

translāşun

all we had was drink
and all the devils we
couldn't talk about
so we drank and laughed
instead

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ī hav mū but kant bē boţerd tū transliterāt ţem rīt naw. let mē nō wut yū ţink.