Cum ipse plectrum maribilus factotum
Grandio decorum ludicare plenus est
Amo digitalis flagrantia moribund
Ammo ipse luminatti finitudo
Regio masturboris terminus reglutino
Habitatio potentia paternitus mea
Quod perpetuo obduro nunc nobilis
Causam Excrucio belle fugit veritas
Quisquam fortunatus modo pumex
Ave mediocris grammiticus
Opera circumsilliens modo quamquam
Proximus nostrum ignorare arbitraris




[This fragment has been reconstructed from documents recently discovered near
Rome.  It is believed to be derived from a poem by Caudio Amberian, who was an
advisor to Nero, although little else is know about him.  Many lexical and
grammatical irregularities characterize this no doubt debased text; the
translation provided tries to remain as literal as possible, providing in English
an experience close to what it might have been like for the first Latin auditors
of this self-cannibalizing work. --Charles Bernstein.]

With itself plucked marble, factotum
Grand with ludicrous decoration, is full
I love 'finger stimulation' without shame, deadly
Ammunition itself enfused with final light
The king handles himself terminally, comes unglued
My fatherhood enhouses my potency
On the grounds that perpetual obdurance is now
To conduct torture a pretty flight to truth
Anyone blessed just pumice
Farewell grammatical ordinariness
Works wobbling with only little qualms
Near our arbitrary ignorance