damn right it’s betta than yours

she getting taught – him getting schooled

            – frosty dips – foamy zouk

                                        drown dem clods in kikongo dollop

                                        bradda tell a rida – holla at yuh fadda

                                                     – yu in yuh caddy –

                                                                  ricochet feed yu – barrington


            di seagulls crack clam shells –

                          sailors – da kine stuffin’ swelled snails

dey navy yard smiles chinky – cause dey drown dem clods in kikongo dollop

            shantay yuh stay – dem – yard fowl – serve

swim in kaiso – hotel drive – milk dem lick mouth – holiday den

assified – technique drop – kikongo dollop – blocka-blocka

            erode di pentameter – blocka-blocka

                          shadows sashay – freak-a-leek

                                        milk dem – hotel drive – bum by – don a dime

                                        – true dat fadda – charge dem clods

                          shantay yuh thesis – walk tick short tongue

            – squint when ya milk shake –

                                 drown dem clods – charge dem clods

                                                                  seagulls on crack – blocka-blocka

© LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Aus: TwERK
New York: Belladonna, 2013
Audioproduktion: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, 2015

damn right dis bessa wie deins

sie da be studiert – er da be geschult

            – frostig flips – schaum da zouk

                                   tunk di babos in kikongo sirup
                                  
                                   bruda schwingda weita – holla nach dein vadda
                                              
                                               – du in dein caddy –

                                                           rikoschett mach dich fett – barrington


            di möwen hackn muscheln well –
                       
                        eh, matrosen – son futter macht di schneckn schwell-schwell


di werft grinst schlitzig – weil di tunkn alle babos in kikongo sirup


            shantay yuh stay – aber didah – werftvieh – dienen
           
treib in kaiso – hotel auffaht – melk di leckmund – urlaub::zen

arschisiert – technik check nich – kikongo supsup – blocka-blocka

            jamben unterwandern – blocka-blocka
                       
                        schatten schwänzeln – freak-a-kiek
                                  
                        melk di – hotel schmotel – schnorr schnorr – dollar d’or
                       
                                   – is wahr vadda – weich die babos ein oda?

                        shantay ma deine diss – tippel tick di zung kurz
            
–  schäker wennde milch shake hast –

                        tunk die babos – weich di babos richtig ein

                                                           möwn auf crack – blocka-blocka

Übersetzt von Uljana Wolf