Fulumb Lerrinigwla (Nonsense Poem)
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ousa cur ildin
dribbige kai hoppokeck
inge flabber strunt
hopewing mitterstuk vammanope
prinringkay droffvelpipe
sadfankas
memota ject oj
ousa kimva felb
brisis vri hoppokeck
inge vammanope strunt
beseday arco fulumb
datrimoka femmessingop
lerrinigwla
sanfrakas lerrinigwla
sopuvit perishmite zep
tot arco flabber
fulumb hequintis zilla
presjus roral fulumb
sepafape perlevesque
dribbige
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cur gvesuem plents
tueyeum ub
zervesay tellish maup
strunt presjus huz
xeminiaste beseday zilla
kimva
glass heyday or time of the gomper
Thousands of daffodils
upon walls, terraces, and pergolas
ensconce the gardener’s secrets
His was a stained-glass story
painted in tempera on canvas
backlit by his great love
the moon’s brooding landscapes
At a romantic show,
by simply imagining flowers
in all directions,
he gravely confounds the
neighboring farms and woods
not to mention the sack cloth
maiden who dwells there
She wears a jewel
set with semi-precious stones
nothing but a trinket from
an amateur eroticist
Who was obsessed with
massive earth-moving shadows
of the countryside
his oil painting’s central theme
the gomper at work in the darkness
found below the artist’s signature in the corner
went unnoticed by most everyone
Hung by the gardener near the glass canvas
only flecks of pink
and paint the shades of torn clothing
hint at the acts taking place
too horrible to truly see
This new subject
preoccupies the gardner secretly
he soon forgets about flowers
attempting instead to identify
the gomper by name
The neighboring farms and woods
become overrun by thousands of wilted daffodils
the last of the living
splayed in the gomper’s hand
