Things
Nicky Bosman
there is this thing called ‘European English’;
your accent not dictated
by where you were born
instead, a scrapbook -
where you studied,
who your friends are,
and that one year you
dated that guy from Spain.
no sound left unpronounced and
translated sayings provide just a taste
of some faraway place.
when transmission exceeds correctness
grammar grows expendable.
and for whatever you can't find words for:
just invent them,
or call them “Things”.
