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).