Ge'ga
—dedicated to Cori
She sat on the wooden armchair
across me with a book.
The light of the winter
swept through the balcony
into our home.
We started to talk.
"Ge'ga segasax."
"Dukoros gaga."
"Ge'ga segasax."
"Antuga."
"Ge'say go-gas."
"Shutu obaba."
"De'ga segago."
"Gutu goguba."
"Ge'gi filaksis."
"Utu sobasis."
"De'ga ga-sax."
"Uku gusika."
"De'gig afix."
"Kosho obuga."
"De'ga go."
"De'ge bugobo."
"De'gi ek."
"Ogo se'gu-ku."
"Ai'gi sax."
"Guboda."
"An'gi gax."
"Ugu lugu."
"A'gu a-gusis."
"Anguwa."
"Go'ga seges."
"Mosru mru-buba."
"An'ga suk."
"Geki bo-bropo."
"Ge'ga gis."
"Nigida."
"Ge'ga six."
"Nigugu."
"Ge'ga on-ges."
"De babu shu baka tupiaka."
"Ge'an gofox."
"Unto kunshu tuba gofika."
"De'ga gax."
"Kukuru suto pup poposta."
"De'ga gax."
"Yobo boshuba."
"De'ga fox."
"Kukuro shuk-fu."
"De'ga go."
"Yoko shuku yoko..."
"De'ge gax."
"Yoko shuru-a?"
"De'go gok."
"Yoko shuku tupa?"
"De'ga gik."
"Ku-u kuprak?"
"Di'gu wa."
"Yoto-yoto so?"
"De'ne-eh."
"Yokuro tiba bo."
"De'ga wo."
"Noko ko kukuo ... yopra pub-ba."
"Ga! ... sega eka yoka yoge-sis."
"Yushi kuga."
"Go'gi segosis."
Dale Chou
2018-01-15