CHOMSKY GRILLING LINGUICA (PART 3)

by Rochelle Owens

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In the floor      of the mouth      of the mouth of Chomsky
the linguist      the moving organ articulates
the Chomsky tongue      grilling grilling grilling
linguica      articulating articulating articulating
a secret tribal language
in the house of      Chomsky      in the house
on ocean side      on Cape Cod      the Chomsky sphincter
tightening      in the Führer-mouth      the Führer-mouth
taste buds of Chomsky tongue      germinating germinating
spores of      pathological fury      of a

                              famous linguist and anarchist too
                              Israelphobic pious progressive Jew

The moving organ      swelling      the organ      in the floor
of the mouth      of Chomsky      the Führer of      Judeophobes
the moving organ      the tongue of Chomsky      swelling
a hundred times its size      craving      licking burning chunks
rupturing flesh of      arms legs brains      blistering
black grapes blistering      lungs kidneys liquifying
melting      under a vanguard      of Jew hatred
a black-belt of martyrdom      of a homicide bomber
a black-belt of holiness      a black-belt of dynamite
a black-belt of sacred text      twisting into ideology
“Israel has no right to exist”      a homicide bomber’s vision
of purity      rupturing flesh blistering      black grapes
blistering      under the white skull      of the Jerusalem sun

In the house of      Chomsky      on ocean side      on ocean side
in colonial Wellfleet Wellfleet      on Cape Cod
in charming Chomsky house      in the house of      a princess
a cherished daughter of a

                                                      famous linguist and anarchist too
                                                      Israelphobic pious progressive Jew

In the house      of Chomsky      during summer nights
in charming Chomsky house      the cicadas droning droning
during summer nights      in colonial Wellfleet Wellfleet
cooling breezes blowing      Cape Cod country curtains
blowing blowing lyrically      in the cherished Chomsky
house      cooling breezes blowing      cooling all the bedrooms
breezes cooling      all the bedrooms      of the Chomsky
family home      on ocean side      on Cape Cod      in colonial
Wellfleet Wellfleet      pristine art galleries
classical revival churches      where no blacks sing

In the house of      an ideologue      living high on the linguica
the huge bulk      of the tongue      of Chomsky
a maxi-publishing industry      anarchism      imperialism
the huge bulk      of the tongue      of the Mengele
of linguistics      segmenting segmenting segmenting
goose-stepping goose-stepping goose-stepping
the Jewish Judeophobe      the huge bulk      of the tongue
of Chomsky      the pornographic vision      of Otto Weininger
Intelligentsia of Academia      the huge bulk      of the tongue
of Chomsky      the huge bulk      of Chomsky tongue      a veritable
maxi-publishing industry      anarchism      imperialism
grilling grilling grilling linguica      chomping chomping
chomping      the huge bulk      of the tongue      of Chomsky
germinating guinea worms      from out of      the dark bulk
of the tongue of a

                                                      famous linguist and anarchist too
                                                      Israelphobic pious progressive Jew

Guinea worms streaming out      of the taste buds
of Chomsky tongue      the efficient Chomsky tongue
the dark bulk      of the tongue      of the linguist
segmenting      pieces segmenting      “Israel’s intransigence
Israel a pariah”      grilling grilling grilling
“Zionism equals Nazism”      the sphincter tightening
tightening      the lowest part      of the Chomsky body
an ideologue      living high on the linguica
the efficient Chomsky tongue      pregnant with guinea worms
the dark bulk      a masterpiece of      capitalist enterprise
the huge bulk      of the tongue of Chomsky      set in the
lowest part      the lowest part      of the skull      of Chomsky
the Chomsky jawbone      the chosen jawbone      the Chomsky jawbone
the chosen jawbone      unhinging hinging      unhinging hinging
the chosen jawbone of a

                              famous linguist and anarchist too
                              Israelphobic pious progressive Jew

Rochelle Owens is the author of eighteen books of poetry and plays, the most recent of which are Plays by Rochelle Owens (Broadway Play Publishing, 2000) and Luca, Discourse on Life and Death (Junction Press, 2001). A pioneer in the experimental off-Broadway theatre movement and an internationally known innovative poet, she has received Village Voice Obie awards and honors from the New York Drama Critics Circle. Her plays have been presented worldwide and in festivals in Edinburgh, Avignon, Paris, and Berlin. Her play Futz, which is considered a classic of the American avant-garde theatre, was produced by Ellen Stewart at LaMama, directed by Tom O’Horgan and performed by the LaMama Troupe in 1967, and was made into a film in 1969. A French language production of Three Front was produced by France-Culture and broadcast on Radio France. She has been a participant in the Festival Franco-Anglais de Poésie, and has translated Liliane Atlan’s novel Les passants, The Passersby (Henry Holt, 1989). She has held fellowships from the NEA, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and numerous other foundations. She has taught at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Oklahoma and held residencies at Brown and Southwestern Louisiana State.