JAMMING IN MY MIND

Cude mannikin… same style same pattern
as usual as always
thiba                 izapha
          Izapha
               izapha
izapha                          thiba
what a marsh mellow jam session in my veins
hell haunted condense milk in my mind
ka monwana phezulu… tiny ting tinkling tune
strumming down avenues of my black box
brain decoder gee           rajar konfyt pelepele
shaisa mbaula
o se ke oa e tswara ka magobe
ntate… washa kheke tshikanda marukhu
behave yourself
dada cable dresser in my skull disco joint
for both ear drums… zaya molo bis fish
where are the small fish
double adopter swivel turn wire dangling
a carrot current flow before my face
that which reminded me of my childhood friends
Mpoporia en Ding ding dancing to the sound of
vithika troja kuchukuchu skate mamma shall we
pack now                          mamma miya chuchu mahala
ziya citheka nshebo tso
thiba                  izapha
            izapha
                  izapha
izapha                            thiba

© by Ike Mboneni Muila
Audio production: 2002, M. Mechner, literaturWERKstatt berlin

JAMMING IN MY MIND

Head on a challenger like a tattered hen
same style same pattern
as usual as always
come over off… back off come over
come over come over come over… back off
what a marsh mellow jam session in my veins
hell haunted condense milk in my mind
with a finger up there ting ting tinkling tune
strumming down avenues of my black box
brain decoder gee indian sweet spicy jam chillies
burn out fire oven
behave/stop noise roofing in a come together
poor man in the street behave yourself
ugly cable dresser in my skull disco joint
for both eardrumms there goes greeting Mr big fish
where are the small fish
double adopter swivel turn wire dangling
a carrot current flow before my face
that which reminded me of my childhood friends
Mpoporia and Dingding dancing to the sound of
torn underwear
rollerskate sound mamma shall we
pack now
with a shocking sound of pleasant surprise
mamma miya free bees man
the meaty juice is spilling over
come over… back off or back off
come over come over come over… back off

Translated by Ike Mboneni Muila
© by Ike Mboneni Muila