about your friends
and loved ones
who are still taking precautions,
but please understand
that your friends
and loved ones
who are still taking precautions
are doing so (at least in part)
because they care enough
to worry about you.
about your friends
and loved ones
who are still taking precautions,
but please understand
that your friends
and loved ones
who are still taking precautions
are doing so (at least in part)
because they care enough
to worry about you.
…but never zero
…but never zero
'Kifkeyìl Nìn Futa
Txanlokxemì alu U.S.
Säspxin Yayoä Virä,
ulte Tsaw Txewm Lu'
ulte ken fwa ke tsun oe
plltxe sko tanlokxe nìwotx
sìlpey oe tsnì ivomum kifkeyìl futa
pxaya tute a fìtsenget tok
(hìmtxewro 'a'awa tute a fìtsenget tok)
tìng nari nìteng
ulte ayoe nìteng txopu si."
a recent headline:
“The World
Is Watching the U.S.
Deal With Bird Flu,
and It’s Scary,”
and though I cannot
speak for the country
I hope the world knows
that many of us here
(that at least some of us here)
are also watching
and we too are frightened.
'Kifkeyìl Nìn Futa
Txanlokxemì alu U.S.
Säspxin Yayoä Virä,
ulte Tsaw Txewm Lu'
ulte ken fwa ke tsun oe
plltxe sko tanlokxe nìwotx
sìlpey oe tsnì ivomum kifkeyìl futa
pxaya tute a fìtsenget tok
(hìmtxewro 'a'awa tute a fìtsenget tok)
tìng nari nìteng
ulte ayoe nìteng txopu si."
rä'ä mll'an ke nga' leioaeti a voìkit a ta tutano talun pol tsafya zet fratutéti fte tsavoìkiri sngä'i fkivan letrrtrr.
livu ngaru tìyawn,
ta ngey 'eylan, Meykìn"
Don’t accept disrespect from any man because he has normalized it in his treatment of all women.
Love,
Your gal, Megan
rä'ä mll'an ke nga' leioaeti a voìkit a ta tutano talun pol tsafya zet fratutéti fte tsavoìkiri sngä'i fkivan letrrtrr.
livu ngaru tìyawn,
ta ngey 'eylan, Meykìn"
oeru fpe' pamrelit
a teri fwa virä säspxin alu H5N1
frakrr 'eyng oe:
'sìlpey tsnì tsaw neto salew',
ulte fìtrr
mawfwa fpe' poru oel tsatì'eyngit
pol plltxe fayluta:
'tsìlpey tìhawl ke lu'"
sends me articles
about the spread of H5N1
I always reply with:
“I hope this blows over,”
and today
after I sent her that reply
she responded with:
“hope is not a plan.”
oeru fpe' pamrelit
a teri fwa virä säspxin alu H5N1
frakrr 'eyng oe:
'sìlpey tsnì tsaw neto salew',
ulte fìtrr
mawfwa fpe' poru oel tsatì'eyngit
pol plltxe fayluta:
'tsìlpey tìhawl ke lu'"