and here I begin I spin here the beguine I respin and begin
to release and realize life begins not arrives at the end of a trip
which is why I begin to respin to write-in thousand pages write thousandone pages
to end write begin write beginend with writing and so I begin to respin
to retrace to rewrite write on writing the future of writings's the tracing
the slaving a thousandone nights in a thousandone pages
or a page in one night the same nights the same pages
same resemblance resemblance reassemblance where the end is begin
where to write about writing's not writing about not writing
and so I begin to unspin the unknown unbegun and trace me a book
where all's chance and perchance all a book maybe maybe not a travel
navelof-the-world book a travel navelof-the-book world where tripping's the book
and its being's the trip and so I begin since the trip is beguine and I turn
and return since the turning's respinning beginning realizing
a book is its sense every page is its sense every line of a page every word
of a line is the sense of the line of the page of the books which essays
any book an essay of essays of the book which is why the begin ends
begins and end spins and re-ends and refines and retunes the fine funnel of
the begunend spun into de runend in the end of the beginend refines
the refined of the final where it finishes beginnish reruns and returns
and the finger retraces a thousandone stories an incey wince-story and so count
of no account I don't recount the nonstory uncounts me discounts me the reverse
of the story is snot can be rot maybe story depends on the moment
the glory depends on the now and the never on although and no-go
and nowhere and noplace and nihil and nixit and zero and zilch-it
and never can nothing be all can be all can be total sum
total surprising summation of sumptuous assumption
and here I respin I begin to project my echo the wreck oh recurrent
echo of the echoing blow the hollows of moreaus the marrow that's beyonder
the over the thisaway thataway everywhere neverwhere overhere overthere
forward more backward less there in reverse vice verse prosa converse
I begin I respin verse begin vice respin so that summated story won't consume consummate
saltimbocca bestride me barebackboneberide me
begin the beguine of the trip where the travel's the marvel the scrabble's the
marble the vigil's the travel the trifle the sparkle the embers of fable discount
into nothing account for the story since spinning beginning i'm speaking
Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine (from a basic version by Jon Tolman)
