Tongues That Talk Through Time

The Titlemens’ tongues talked through twilight,

Telling the thuruk te(1) that thread through time.

Thoughts that troubled the truth, twisting transcripts

Theories that targeted towns, to trades, to townsmen.

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The tabescent, trivial townsmen,

Talking thoughts through time

Teaching toddlers tactics to takeoff,

Tower-over those that tower’d them through trial.

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Treachery terrifies those Titlemen.

They trick, tuck-away their talentless thoughts.

Talking to the taxmen to tear the trivial to tribulation.

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The throbbing thinlung(2) the townsmen tote

Thinking thoughts to tránh-xa(3) the toll.

Til ‘ternity tides, the Titlemen talk,

Taxmen take, the Trivial trial.

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1-Thuruk te: 'Secrets" in the Mizo Language

2-Thinlung: 'Heart' in the Mizo Language

3-Tránh-xa: 'Avoid' in the Vietnamese Language