Elan that lifts me above the clouds 
into pure space, timeless, yea eternal 
Breath transmuted into words 
                Transmuted back to breath 
        in one hundred two hundred years 
nearly Immortal, Sappho's 26 centuries 
of cadenced breathing -- beyond time, clocks, empires, bodies, cars, 
chariots, rocket ships skyscrapers, Nation empires 
brass walls, polished marble, Inca Artwork 
of the mind -- but where's it come from? 
Inspiration?  The muses drawing breath for you?  God? 
Nah, don't believe it, you'll get entangled in Heaven or Hell -- 
Guilt power, that makes the heart beat wake all night 
flooding mind with space, echoing through future cities, Megalopolis or 
Cretan village, Zeus' birth cave Lassithi Plains -- Otsego County 
        farmhouse, Kansas front porch? 
Buddha's a help, promises ordinary mind no nirvana -- 
coffee, alcohol, cocaine, mushrooms, marijuana, laughing gas? 
Nope, too heavy for this lightness lifts the brain into blue sky 
at May dawn when birds start singing on East 12th street -- 
Where does it come from, where does it go forever? 

                                                May 1996 

 
D'Elan qui me soulève au-dessus des nuages dans l'espace pur, 
timeless, yea le souffle qu'éternel transmuted dans des mots 
Transmuted de nouveau au souffle en cent deux cents ans presque 
d'Immortel, 26 siècles de Sappho de cadenced la respiration -- au 
delà du temps, horloges, empires, corps, voitures, chariots, 
gratte-ciel de bateaux de fusée, murs en laiton d'empires de nation, 
marbre poli, dessin-modèle d'Inca de l'esprit -- mais d'où est il 
venu ? Inspiration ? Les muses dessinant le souffle pour toi ? Dieu ? 
Nah, ne le croient-elle pas obtiendra-t-elle, tu empêtrée dans le 
ciel ou l'enfer -- puissance de culpabilité, que des marques le 
sillage de battement de coeur tout l'esprit d'inondation de nuit avec 
l'espace, faisant écho par de futures villes, village de mégalopolis 
ou de Crétois, plaines de Lassithi de caverne de la naissance de Zeus 
-- la ferme du comté d'Otsego, porche avant du Kansas ? Une aide de 
Bouddha, esprit ordinaire de promesses aucun Nirvâna -- café, 
alcool, cocaïne, champignons, marijuana, gaz hilarant ? Nope, trop 
lourd pour cette légèreté soulève le cerveau dans le ciel bleu à 
l'aube de mai quand les oiseaux commencent à chanter sur la 12ème 
rue d'est -- d'où vient-elle, d'où il va-t-elle pour toujours ? 

                                                Mai 1996 

 
Vom Elan, der mich über den Wolken in reinen anhebt Raum, 
zeitlos, yea, das ewiger Atem in Wörter Transmuted zurück zu Atem 
in hundert zweihundert Jahren fast des Unsterblichen, Sapphos 26 
Jahrhunderte transmuted von, cadenced die Atmung -- über Zeit, 
Taktgeber, Reiche, Körper, Autos, chariots, Rakete Schiffe 
Wolkenkratzer, Nationreich-Messingwände, polierter Marmor, 
Inka-Gestaltungsarbeit hinaus des Verstandes -- aber von wo ist er 
gekommen? Inspiration? Die Musen, die Atem für Sie zeichnen? Gott? 
Nah, glauben ihm nicht, Ihnen erhält verwickelt im Himmel oder in der 
Hölle -- Schuldenergie, daß Marken die Herzschlagspur aller 
Nachtüberschwemmungverstand mit dem Raum, hallend durch zukünftige 
Städte, Großstadt- oder Kreterdorf, Ebenen Lassithi Höhle Geburt 
Zeus' wider -- Otsego Grafschaftbauernhaus, Kansas vorderes Portal? 
Buddhas eine Hilfe, Versprechungen gewöhnlicher Verstand kein Nirwana 
-- Kaffee, Spiritus, Kokain, Pilze, Marihuana, lachendes Gas? Nope, zu 
schwer für diese Leichtigkeit hebt das Gehirn in blauen Himmel an der 
Mai Dämmerung an, wenn Vögel anfangen, auf 12. Straße des Ostens zu 
singen -- woher kommt sie, woher es geht für immer? 

                                                Mai 1996 

 
Elan que me levanta acima das nuvens no espaço puro, timeless, yea 
que a respiração eternal transmuted na parte traseira de Transmuted 
das palavras à respiração em cem dois cem anos quase de immortal, 
26 séculos de Sappho de cadenced respirar -- além do tempo, pulsos 
de disparo, impérios, corpos, carros, chariots, skyscrapers dos 
navios do foguete, paredes de bronze dos impérios da nação, 
mármore lustrado, arte -final do inca da mente -- mas de onde é 
vinda? Inspiração? Os muses que extraem a respiração para você? 
Deus? Nah, não o acredita, você começará entangled no heaven ou no 
inferno -- poder da culpa, que makes a vigília da batida do coração 
toda a mente do flooding da noite com o espaço, ecoando através das 
cidades, da vila futura do megalopolis ou do cretan, planícies de 
Lassithi da caverna do nascimento de Zeus' -- o farmhouse do condado 
de Otsego, pátio de entrada coberto de Kansas? Uma ajuda de Buddha, 
mente ordinária das promessas nenhum nirvana -- café, álcool, 
cocaína, cogumelos, marijuana, gás rindo? Nope, demasiado pesado 
para este lightness levanta o cérebro no céu azul no alvorecer de 
maio quando os pássaros começam cantar rua do leste na 1à -- de 
onde vem, de onde ele vai para sempre? 

                                                Maio 1996 

 
¿Elan que me levanta sobre las nubes en espacio puro, intemporal, yea 
que la respiración eterna transmuted en las palabras Transmuted de 
nuevo a la respiración en cientos doscientos años casi de immortal, 
26 siglos de Sappho de cadenced la respiración -- más allá del 
tiempo, relojes, imperios, cuerpos, coches, chariots, rascacielos de 
las naves del cohete, paredes de cobre amarillo de los imperios de la 
nación, mármol pulido, ilustraciones del inca de la mente -- pero de 
donde es venida? ¿Inspiración? ¿Los muses que dibujan la respiración 
para usted? ¿Dios? ¿Nah, no lo cree, usted conseguirá enredado en el 
cielo o el infierno -- energía de la culpabilidad, que las marcas la 
estela del golpe del corazón toda la mente del flooding de la noche 
con el espacio, repitiendo a través de las ciudades, de la aldea 
futuras de la megalópoli o del cretan, llanos de Lassithi de la cueva 
del nacimiento de Zeus -- el cortijo del condado de Otsego, pórche de 
entrada de Kansas? ¿Una ayuda de Buddha, mente ordinaria de las 
promesas ningún nirvana -- café, alcohol, cocaína, setas, 
marijuana, gas que ríe? ¿Nope, demasiado pesado para esta ligereza 
levanta el cerebro en el cielo azul en el amanecer de mayo cuando los 
pájaros comienzan a cantar en la 12ma calle del este -- de dónde 
viene, de dónde él va por siempre? 

                                                Mayo de 1996 

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