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This poem is taken from PN Review 173, Volume 33 Number 3, January - February 2007.

Two Poems Antony Rowland


Engrish

Beard papa pursues handmade deliciousness
The deliciousness of handmade cooking
Is not in proportion to the good point of the tool
It is in proportion to affection of the person who cooks
Happiness if help of the handmade cooking which
Affection was put into can be done at all, marinate retard.
The small pigs which carry happiness convey a feeling to everybody.
Give your friends your wonderful feeling recollections
That it travelled this ground with this chocolate.
I shall enjoy your space combining various items
Since it seems that the sun is wrong. After all, dream is a fair wind.
There are some nice goods nearby: beam happily; pray for a miracle.
A selection of gentlemen: from now on I want no more time competition.
Please purchase goods after affirmation: shopping is always taking care of me;
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