Greek Avant Garde Poetry



     

Lafcadio Hearn






CHAR-COAL

			
Black -  coalee -  coaly!
Coaly-coaly; coaly-coaly; coal-coal-coal.
Coaly-coaly!
Coal-ee! Nice!
Cha' coal!
Twentv-five! Whew!
O charco-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-lee!
Oh-lee!
Oh-lee-e!
[You get some coal in your mout', young
fellow, if you don't keep it shut.]
Pretty coalee-oh-ee!
Char-coal!
Cha-ah-ah-ahr-coal!
Coaly-coaly!
Charbon! du charbon, Madame! 
Bon charbon? Point! Ai-ai! Tonnerre de Dieu!
Char-r-r-r-r-r-r-rbon!
A-a-a-a-a-w! High-ya-a-ah! High-yah!
Vingt-cinq! Nice coalee! Coalee!
Coaly-coal-coal!
Pretty coaly!
Charbon de Paris!
De Paris, Madame; de Paris!


First published in Item, August 25, 1880