‘Grasshopper’ by Velimir Khlebnikov (1908-1909)

Wingletting with the goldenscrawl
Of its finest sinews,
The grasshopper loaded its trailer-belly
With many coastal herbs and faiths.
“Ping, ping, ping!” tra-lah-ed the zingzinger.
O, swanderful!
O, illuminate!

1908-1909.

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