but, like, art you need to read all the placards to *get.* But no one would ever read this book on the beach with, like, a hazy IPA.īasically, this shit is art. It IS fun, sometimes, when it all clicks and you feel super smart - but it's fun in the way that a really complicated puzzle is fun. So learn them all' (46).And I know I just said these poems weren't fun to read, but I guess that's not 100% true. You can't chisel, con, plead, / seduce, beg for your life, you can't do anything, because you / know not their language.

'E tell me dis pep gem: / You can be the best talker but no point of you can't / speak the other man's tongue. Become a Jees cucking stool fo means o survival / me lineage biggum on survival. You need to hear the verses aloud to understand them: 'Me fadder sees dis y decide to learn Engrish righteo dere.

Hong's Guide (yes, in the spirit of Dante's Virgil) speaks in a language that mixes vocabulary and grammatical structures from a bunch of different languages, including Middle English, and yeah, it kind of reminded me of reading passages The Canterbury Tales in undergrad. Unfortunately, this is a case in which the concept - and even the execution - is impressive as f*ck but just. I put off reviewing this collection because I really, really want to say that I loved it.

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