Don’t Forget the Wildness
Written by Mariko Sumikura
Translated from the Japanese by the Poet
Narrated by Bill Wolak
Japan
Altamira’s live
in a cave
Our ancestors
were telling all thoughts
Without words
Breathing with a voice
With the tone
Man carried a chunk of meat
Fishes on his shoulder
Wanting love of a woman
The woman responded to the love
Decorated with fine stones and shells
With flowers and twigs
Like that crude and strong
The two who loved each other
Sang joy’s fulfillment of love
They informed around people
After then, he was careful that the woman not be stolen
Now to religion and law tied formally
Using a lot of words
Oh, modern people who knit love
Like a delicate race
Don’t forget the wildness
Of our founder’s sense
The smell of love