17. Me Too Boogie

As amongst the Greeks we think that every well-raised person

must know how to pluck the lyre

Give me the fango-fango

Let me apply it to my nose

A sweet low sound

From the right nostril

There is the description of landscapes

The narrative of past events

A relation of distant countries

Bolotoo

Papalangi

The poet among other things gives a description of the animals

Houses are upended by enormous birds

Women are too done up

If you allow for a bit of exaggeration

The man who cut off his own leg succeeded in the simple and

gay genre

Me low fella

Mariwagi beats the drum at the entrance to his house

July 1914.