me no spit English, me no no Englis, OK? <br />me barbarrrian, why u one me speak Englis? <br />u teach me inglish then u want me slave, ya? <br />u teach me englis and mik mee go from nuture, <br />from da trees and de lakes and hum of me ancesdors, ya? <br />and you teach me englis <br />glive me your stinkin additudes <br />mik me pollute wold and kill wold like you, yes? <br />I del u, me spit no englis but sdill u offer skolarsips <br />and mik me shange name, and then tick on Englis name, ya? <br />then peeple call me englis name like tom, prick, hairy <br />or my wife become susan or margate <br />and me become kristian, yeah? <br />why I say no englis still u want to tich me englsi <br />and give me book and mi say, mi say, <br />luk at my nikid bady laik da die I was born <br />liiiv me one <br />don’t tiich me englis <br />or wan day I will kurs and swera in inglis <br />like who, who, who, like that monster I hard play story <br />is he nime Caliban, yeah? <br />me barbarrbaian, dun’t mike i civilized like u; <br />me no no inglis; <br />me happi with me lunguge and me hum <br />and my trees and likes and annncesdral place… <br />I no wants to spit engilsi and khanges my name and culturte… <br />….un I no wan to go fom hum… <br />leave me lone wan, I say…me no spit englis… <br />or I put u in pot…if you no go…<br /><br />Raj Arumugam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mi-no-spit-englis/
