“Tarzan Collage”

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bill bissett reading at SGWU (1969). (2:13 audio recording.)

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[Spoken in a continuous, rhythmic chant.]
Speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking.
The eye is a-speaking, the eye is a-speaking, the eye is a-speaking, the eagle talks.
The wave is the eye is a-speaking, a-speaking, evening talks.
The eye is a-speaking, a-speaking, a-speaking, a-wave is, the eagle speaking, the sounds of astounds a-talking, and eye is a-singing, a-stones is a-speaking, and hair is a-living, the voice is a-touching, the stones is a-touching, the sweat is a-speaking through the eye is a-looking to speak, the eye is the wind is the sweat is a-speaking, speaking, string is a-speaking, is it speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking, speaking... [The chant dissolves into a rapid, percussive stream of rhythmic syllables.]
...hai-ya-li speaking, hai-ya-li speaking, is a-hai-ya, hai-ya, hai-ya, hai-ya, hai-ya, ha-jolly-ya, hai-ya, hai-ya, eeeeee-ya... [The chant shifts to a staccato, rhythmic repetition.]
...is-a, is-a, is-a, is-a, is-a, is-a, hai-ya, is-a, hai-ya, is-a, hai-ya, hai-ya, you are not speaking, is a-speaking, is a-speaking, a-beads, is a-beads, is a-beads, is a-beads, is a-beads, is a-beads, is a-beads, is a... is the stone is a-speaking, is the stone is a-speaking, earth is a-beads, is a-stone, is a-hand-a, is a-hand-a, is a-hand-a, is a-hand-a touching is the hand-a touching, a-speaking, is the sun a-speaking, is the sun a-speaking, is a voice of a snow a-speaking, is the space, the air is a-showing, our stones is a-sweating... [The voice becomes softer and more melodic.]
we thread the beads,
we thread the beads, is-a we thread the beads, a-we thread the beads, we thread the beads, a-stones a-threading, is the beads is a-I-ya, is-a I-ya, is-a I-ya, is-a I-ya, is-a I-ya, is-a I-ya... speaking, a-speaking, eye is a stone.

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