The Wug Test by Jennifer Kronovet

Author:Jennifer Kronovet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

WITH THE BOY, I’M PLAIN

A feeling, a wash. I want

to be honest but stop

talking, a fist wrapped

in twine is the image

I give to keep my mouth

from embroidering.

Be plain because that

is a word. A feeling like—

no. That’s it.

Just the plain of it.

If I could keep image

down: a metal bowl,

not the rock he hits

it with to make it ring.

TEN WAYS TO MOURN A DEAD LANGUAGE

1

Intersperse words from the dead language into your speech. When asked the meaning of the dead words say, I never said that.

2

Think of an idea or expression that can only happen in the dead tongue. Repeat it until it becomes a hole. Yell in.

3

Write dead words in sugar or salt inside food. Distribute.

4

Rename the stars with words for body parts in the dead language. Teach neighborhood children to use these names.

5

Nothing stays inside the body forever.

6

7

Use dead syntax with living words when asking for directions to places you’ll never visit.

8

What is the most popular song right now? Translate it into the dead language. Then, if the song plays in your presence, hold your breath.

9

Borrow some clothes from friends. On each label write one grapheme to spell across bodies touch me here in the dead language.

10

Send me your address. I’ll send you a letter.

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