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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

"Asụsụ Ọkpụkpụ" by Christopher Fox Graham


"Asụsụ Ọkpụkpụ"

by Christopher Fox Graham

Nye m egbugbu
miri karịa anụ ahụ
n'ọkpụkpụ nke ọkpụkpụ azụ m
n'elu nke ọ bụla vertebrae
n'asụsụ ọ bụla mmadụ
egbugbu okwu ha
"abụ"
nke mere na ọ dịghị asụsụ na-eche mba ọzọ;
nke mere na onye ọ bụla olu mmadụ
nwere ike ikwu okwu n'ime m

ka Arabic na Hibru
nọdu n'akuku na-atughi okwute
hapụ agwa Cantonese na Hindi
jikọọ aka iji jide Swahili na Hutu n'ihe mgbochi
ka Basque na Zulu mechaa metụ egbugbere ọnụ Vietnamese aka
ebe Navajo dabere n'isi ya n'ubu Malay

anyị na-asụ puku asụsụ isii
mana m ga-atachi obi mgbu na oge
ya mere ọ dịghị olu mmadụ nwere ike ịgwa m okwu
na-enweghị mmetụta
gbadaa ọkpụkpụ

ka African syllable
na-ekekọrịta oghere na nkọwa ndị Europe,
Eshia morphemes,
na ịkpọ okwu ndị Aborigine,

kpọkọta ha n'ahịrị ma kanye ha ihe
dị ka akara akara organic e dere na Braille
agụrụ site na ikpuru ga-otu ụbọchị tọghata m azụ
nye okpukpe uzuzu na ntu
na anyị kwenyere n'otu oge
tupu òtù nzuzo a nke anụ ahụ na ọbara
kpọpụtara anyị n’ụrọ
ịkpọ obere mkpụrụedemede na mmiri ozuzo

ka ha detụ ụtọ okwu anyị
ka ha ripia uri
ma nyeghachi ya ala
ka ụwa wee nwee ike ịnụ ibu okwu anyị
echefukwala anyị
mgbe anyị na-ekpochapụ onwe anyị
dị ka ụdị dị n'ihu anyị

kpụta okwu ikpeazụ
na morse koodu
n'okpuru ọkpụkpụ azụ m
ka m wee nụ rhythm nke okwu ahụ
n'úkwù m mgbe m na-arahụ ụra
.--. --- . - .- . -.--
ka ntụpọ na ọsịsa gbasaa
gafee ọkpụkpụ m niile na nje nke nghọta
ya mere ọ bụrụ na m tufuo olu m
M ka nwere ike ikwu otu okwu
site na ịpị mkpịsị aka m,
na-akụ ịgbà
ma ọ bụ na-agbanwe ọrịre nke nku obi m
iji ọbara m kwuo okwu

chee echiche

puku asụsụ isii
na-egwu ọkpụkpụ azụ m
na nkwekọrịta akụkụ 33
na-eme m egwu egwu
jiri olu ụtọ na-atụgharị
elu ọgidigi azụ m
na-eme ka ụda na-ada ụda na ọwara ahụ
na-amụba egwu na-emekọ ihe
ruo n'isi ụbụrụ m
ebe ọ na-agbawa
ma na-atụgharị n'ime okpokoro isi m
ricocheting
puku isii ọhụrụ okwu
maka otu okwu
jiri olu ijeri isii na-abụ abụ
n'ime echiche ijeri isii m
ruo mgbe m nwere ike ghara ọzọ ọgbaghara
Abù-ha nēsi kwa n'eb͕ub͕ere-ọnum puta

àjà ụwa
oge nghọta mmekọrịta
nke otu egwu
nke otu olu
nke otu nwoke
maka otu ntabi anya

tupu ụwa emebie
na-atụfu uche
na-ege ntị n'ikuku
jiri nwayọọ nwayọọ pụọ

ma na-echeta
ụda ahụ
nke uri anyi