The Bane of Men Moving

“Im noman, my name is noman”
but Wanjina is, shall we say, Ouan Jin
or the man with an education
and whose mouth was removed by his father
because he made too many things
whereby cluttered the bushman’s baggage
vide the expedition of Frobenius pupils about 1938
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++to Auss’ralia
Ouan Jin spoke and thereby created the named
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++thereby making clutter
the bane of men moving
and so his mouth was removed
as you will find it removed in his pictures

— Ezra Pound, Pisan Cantos

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