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Ya Basta

Basta means 'STOP' in Italiano.

Not sure what 'Ya' means.

So I *think* your title means
'you bastard' (colloquially);
who, then, is the bastard?

Nowadays, until Time and Times
end, I smoke ashes, lament red
earth, and never stare at the sun again.

Time is made to have no mucho meaning
in this stanza. Smoking ashes (nice
metaphor, you inhale cremains...that
is real mourning...damn) and lamenting
red earth I took to be a despairing
of man's inhumanity to man; no longer
staring at the sun to represent a loss of faith.

Before, I was the lip of the spoon,
quivering worse than the beasts of winter,
and always, ceremoniously, lived off the land.

I like the lip/quivering association.
If I am the lip of a spoon, I dip into
victuals, eh? Ceremoniously living
off the land- taking the fat of the land
for granted? Is that a silver spoon?
Most of America was born with one
in their mouths, at least compared to
the rest of the world. But maybe you
mean 'living off the land' like an Indian.
I don't know what you mean, egzackly.

After, when civilizations mechanists fed
me excuses, I promised towering spirits
more pages, and learned to speak Spanish.

Is this a resolve to help needy Hispanics?
Er, 'more pages'? What are these pages?

Who was the bastard? Maybe I'm the bastard...

I did have to guess at a lot of this, T, but
your skill with the language made me enjoy
doing so. Hopefully my comprehension gland
ain't on the fritz again. Great to have you back.

Regards,

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