A mammoth mouth is chasing one and all–

rabid, wolf, virus, JCB, hawker, crocodile

or a similar mouth of death.

Brimming with teeth that smile when not chewing,

with words that hide the hook and net,

songs that aren’t sung enough,

news that aren’t read enough,

ads that aren’t chanted enough,

commands that aren’t roared enough,

arguments that aren’t asserted enough,

lust that isn’t kissed or sucked enough,

tongue that hasn’t craved enough.

Foaming with half truths and big lies

and the fourteen worlds that can

neither be spit nor swallowed –

A global mouth is chasing one and all.

Translated by Aditya Shankar