Russell Salamon, read by Tom Hall

Slit Gong Garamut Drum 2

After it gets a mouth it will say

anything you can beat into it

monkeys, macaws, masked

painted dancers; summons

to a funeral.

Its deepest voice

is the jungle.

After it gets a mouth it will say

anything you can beat into it:

monkeys, macaws, painted

head hunters. Its deepest

voice is a silent jungle.

ancestors speaking