This is the official blog of Northern Arizona slam poet Christopher Fox Graham. Begun in 2002, and transferred to blogspot in 2006, FoxTheBlog has recorded more than 670,000 hits since 2009. This blog cover's Graham's poetry, the Arizona poetry slam community and offers tips for slam poets from sources around the Internet. Read CFG's full biography here. Looking for just that one poem? You know the one ... click here to find it.
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Monday, July 17, 2023

"Lenguaje Espinal" by Christopher Fox Graham


"Lenguaje Espinal" 

by Christopher Fox Graham

Ts'áaten juntúul tatuaje
jach asab taamil u u yoot'el
ti' le baako'obo' in columna vertebral
way Amal vértebra
tu Amal t'aan humana
tatuar u t'aan yo'osal "poesía"
Utia'al u Ba'axe' t'aano' ku kutaj asab jela'an;
utia'al u Amal t'aan humana
Je'el u páajtal u ya'al jump'éel t'aan tin

Ba'ax le árabe yéetel le hebreo
Kulen juntúul tu tséel le uláak' xma' Ch'íin tuunich
Cha' u le caracteres cantoneses yéetel hindi
unir k'abo'ob utia'al u sostener swahili yéetel hutu ti' jump'éel k'áano'
Cha' u vascos ka zulúes finalmente toquen xuul vietnamitas
ka' jo'op' u Navajo apoya u pool ti' u keléenbal Malay

K tsikbaltik to'on 6 mil t'aano'ob
Chéen ba'ale' soportaré k'i'inan yéetel le
Bey u mix t'aan humana u páajtal u t'aan in
Ma' u sentido
tak u baakel

Cha' sílabas africanas
ts'aiko'on kúuchil yéetel articulaciones europeas,
Morfemas asiáticos,
ka pronunciaciones k'ujo'ob,

Alinear le ka k'a'abet le
Bey jump'éel código u barras orgánico escrito ti' Braille
legible tumen nook'olo'ob jump'éel k'iin in convertirán ka'a
le yóokol k'uj le tuunicha' yéetel le ta'ano'
le creímos juntéene'
Bey ma' le kasteláan bak' yéetel baako'
k tu jóok'esaj ti' le arcilla
utia'al u interpretar personajes breves yáanal le ja'o'

Prueben le sabor k t'aano'ob
U consuman poesía
ka suutik le lu'umo'
utia'al u lu'umil béeyak u yu'ubike' u peso k t'aano'ob
ka ma' tu'ubsaj to'on
Ka k extinguimos
Bey le ba'alche'obo' máako'ob síinajo'obo' To'one'

Ka'aj le ts'ook t'aano'
Tu código Morse
ti' le k'oja'ano'obo' in columna vertebral
utia'al u páajtal u yu'ubik u ritmo le t'aano'
ti' in caderas ka wenel
.--. --- . - .-. -.--
P'at u le ti'its yéetel le guiones ku extiendan
ti' tuláakal in baako'obo' ti' jump'éel virus comprensión
Bey u wa kin satik in t'aan
Láayli' u páajtal in wa'alik jump'éel t'aan
Paaxo'ob in yaal,
láajik jump'éel tunk'ule' ku
wa k'ex le ritmo latidos in puksi'ik'al.
utia'al u tsikbal yéetel in k'i'ik'el

tuukul

6 mil t'aano'ob
paaxo'ob in columna vertebral
tu armonía 33 pak'chaje'
Beetik jump'éel sinfonía ti' teen
yéetel juntúul melodía reverbera
na'akal in médula espinal
Resonando Amal ka'atéen asab k'a'an ti' le túnel
Amplificar le paaxo' tu'ux yaan
Tuláakal le bejo' tak le k'oja'ano'obo' in ta ts'o'omej
tu'ux detona
ka resuena ichil in cráneo
rebotando
6 mil túumben ts'o'ok
utia'al le ti' jump'éelili' kuchil-
yéetel le voces 6 mil millones u cantantes
ti' in 6 billones tuukulo'ob
tak ka ma' béeyak soportar asab caos
yéetel u k'aay explota u chi'

Ofreciendo le yóok'ol kaaba'
Jump'éel súutuko' comprensión sincronizada
u jump'éel k'aay
u jump'éel tin juunal t'aan
juntúul máak
Tuméen juntúul instante

Ma'ili' ti' u yóok'ol kaab parpadee
sa'atal le enfoque
ka yu'ubal le eco
desvanecer u Chaambel

Ba'ale' K'a' 
U juum 
u k poesía