38. Ðe Saga of ðe Þorn

ðe Þ in ðe milk-green | water & ðe heat

ðe slashing of ðe sword | through ðe rain

coming into ðe rest | of ðe battle

ðe ships from ðe east | each gone

dragonflight in its own shade of green

ðe Þ rests upon his sword resting in lava

& he begins | a song of triumph

eoaliou eolia | leiaio leiaio leiaio

siuanda siuandu | terete terete teretete

ooleiuu ooleiuu | taramaiö ööah

calling ðe shade | of his dragon he

waiting upon green moss | sure someone

would come again | onto ðe shore

over ðe rock | bearing death

bearing vengeance forth | righting ðe

ðe wrong to ðe lava | moving

& ðe Þ sings | akriekebo | akereku

bararta | baratara haraoita | brot

sanderoho | sanderoho batarte

 

ðe Þ moving to | ðe middle of ðe

island | to ðe center of his eye

ðe Þ dragging his sword | over moss

& rock over | through soil & stream

stops by ðe arc of ðe falls | falling

into & rising up into | mist | into

& ðe water as air | ðe air as

water | part of ðe breath of ðe

earth | as he has seen in ðe  

geysers blowing through holes

ðe breath of ðe earth | spit

toward ðe heavens | ðe eagle

flies over ðe water | exhaled

earth’s exertion | ðe only message

I am ðe living earth | given over

to your use | to give you breath

& life | & ðe Þ sang back to earth

eoulieou | eou eiou eioueouola

ialiu ialiuaia ialiuaialei | ialei

ouloouloleiu oulo | ouoluolulei

 

& ðe Þ walked | & he walked

& ðe Þ walked north | toward

ðe edge | toward ðe end

toward ðe forever ice | toward

ðe rest of his life | ðe fight over

fight over for him | he traveled to

traveled to ðe end | of his island

he walked over | rock & moss

over thoughts of ðe red meat

of whale | thoughts of shark

fermenting in ðe sand | of ðe

taste of fish in ðe red | meat of

ðe puffin flying | from cliff

he walked with ðe idea | of fire

warming his boots | of summer

of ðe light always on | & he

walked a curving finger of land

out to ðe end of it | settled his body

into ðe cold water | & ðe Þ swam

north | toward ice | toward victory