THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling writes: 

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)

HOW TRANSLATE?

your drunken boat/his smoking fog?

what you speak vs what you want

roadmaps vs GPS,apps vs memory

the way you look @me(am i invisible?

Languages easy as Rosetta Stone

You cannot translate this poem!

It laughs in Latvian against Russian

Polack,Czech,Jewish,Palestinian

Wars and walls of occupation

Land is only where our bones are buried

History what we sell ourselves

when we do not buy what is proferred

Your script?We improvise our lives!

Our future diverges from your pasts

We are here to live!We have no Second Lives!

So when you virtual/digital speak with us

No text nor Tweet will convince translators

to emoticon us into silence/audience or chorus

We write original lies.We do not have to believe us