POETRY

GOOGLE ME (2008)

I had to move into another language

Mine was too small to poor too lazy

Too beautiful but self-destructive

In an old-fashioned romantic way

The words grew to fight with each other

And die on cyber battle fields

Defeated by the God of Internet

And the American Dream always reborn        

Out of the ash of our daily nightmares

GOOGLE ME! GOOGLE ME!

Everyone I know googles me now

Google is my proof that I exist.

I think therefore I am?

No. I have a website therefore I am:

www.saviana.com

That’s why I really needed to move into the English language

So people who google me can understand who I am

And what I am doing on this noisy earth.

I called the movers to help me

No one answered. But I must say that

The voice of the machine answering my call was really sweet

She said Thank you for calling Global Movers

You need a passport You need a visa

You need to wait in line at the American Embassy in Bucharest

You need to get up early

There are people waiting since last night

Sleeping on the sidewalk across the Embassy

You can’t stay on the same side

There are guards guarding

And you don’t have an American passport

So thank you for calling and try again

During our office hours

Although we don’t actually have office hours

We are an internet company

Visit our website You can travel

Wherever you want. On our website

We are looking forward to your feedback

Write it down on globalmoversblogs.com

So why do I need to move at all?

Why do I need to travel?

There’s a McDonalds on my block in Bucharest

There’s a cinema with Hollywood movies two blocks away

I’ve got a laptop a DVD player an American dishwasher

Everything is fine.

Global Movers I don’t need you.

I’ll just stay here in my small Romanian apartment.

I’ll google everything and everybody

I’ll live a full life

In English without subtitles

And I’ll never move

I’ll never talk

But I will have a funny screen name

Like Peaches-in-the-Sun or Hole-in-the-Flag ...

Poetry readings at Cornelia Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, KGB Bar, Dixon Place in Manhattan

You Should Know that…

Saviana's poetry has appeared in many English-language journals including Talisman, Poetry London, Metamorphoses, Exquisite Corps, Pen Club Magazine, The Temple, Watchword, Absinthe, The Saint Ann’s Review, etc.

She has had readings in diverse venues such as: Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Café, Russian Samovar, KGB Bar, International House, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, the Romanian Embassies in Washington DC and London, Club A, Museum of Romanian Literature, various international Bookfairs, universities

She toured UK with poetry readings (Bath Literature Festival, Cambridge, Dylan Thomas Center – Swansea, Salisbury, London).

Saviana was a MacLaine guest artist at International House

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