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utala ni (li) pona a

by jan Usawi

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sina jan sona pali pi tenpo pimeja ni la kepeken pi nimi ni li len ala kin la sina wile len mute taso sina nasa a li pana tawa mi e poki telo sama ni: mi moku li pilin e telo ni la mi ken kama sona e wile anu ken la sona li lon ala nasin mi tenpo mute la mi sona e lon ala ni taso sina pakala e wawa sona mi sina pakala pi nasin sona mi ona li ken tan ni: mi ken ala kon lon tomo ni la pilin kon ale li telo taso luka sina la mi kama sama ko uta sina li pana e namako o tawa tawa tawa mi a mi wile olin o tawa tawa tawa e mi mi ken kama sin sina kama tawa lawa mi li kama usawi sina toki: “o tawa tawa tawa” li tawa sina e linja pi sike luka mi a mi ken ala utala sina sona tawa tawa sina li wawa tawa mi tawa musi a li ken ala pini taso lon lawa mi la toki monsi mi sitelen jan anu jasima anu sina anu mi? ken la sona ni li lon ala nasin mi tenpo mute la mi sona e lon insa mi taso sina pakala e wawa sona mi sina pakala pi nasin sona mi uta mi li kama ala kama laso? anu tan pilin mi la sinpin mi li loje taso? lukin sina la mi kama sama ko mi weka e sona mi li weka e kon o tawa tawa tawa mi a mi wile olin o tawa tawa tawa e mi mi ken kama sin sina kama li tawa li lawa e mi sina usawi li suwi o tawa tawa tawa o tawa sina e linja pi sike noka lawa mi a mi o tawa taso a sina sona tawa tawa sina li wawa tawa mi mi o tawa mi o tawa mi o tawa mi o tawa
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kiwen suwi 02:41
kepeken kalama suwi la sina toki e ni tawa mi: sina wile pilin wawa mi ken ala wawa e sina la o pana tawa sina e pilin wawa wile ni li pona tawa mi telo loje en tel’oko laso mi pilin ike tan ni: tenpo lon la sina ken ala toki taso mi ken e sina la sina awen kalama ni li kama suli jan li kute la mi pakala linja ni li wawa a sina ken ala weka tenpo pimeja ni la sina kute, mi lawa suno li tawa anpa li kama sin mi pakala e sina, sina ken ala lukin mi kiwen suwi pi pakala uta ijo musi kule sina utala e olin mi la sina pilin ike o alasa weka e tomo mi tan suwi mi la sina ken ala wile e ni mi kiwen suwi pi pakala uta mi lanpan e tenpo o awen insa e mi a, sina wile e namako kiwen uta sina li kama lupa li kama pakala la o pali sin pilin suwi li suli tawa ni mi toki ala e ni la sina awen sona o weka e sona mi wile kama lawa sin e sina pakala sina pakala ala la o weka e sona ni mi ken lawa pakala e ale sina sama nasin Konami insa mi li pakala ona li wile e sina insa sina pakala li wile mute e mi a (god, this is so dumb) suno li tawa anpa li kama sin mi pakala e sina, sina ken ala lukin mi kiwen suwi pi pakala uta ijo musi kule sina utala e olin mi la sina pilin ike o alasa weka e tomo mi tan suwi mi la sina ken ala wile e ni mi kiwen suwi pi pakala uta sina o moku la ijo pona li kama sina (sama seme?) sama unpa

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ken la musi tu ni li toki e tenpo sama, taso lon lukin ante? mi sona ala. taso ni li ken.

These two songs felt right to release together, different in sound as they may be. This one's maybe __lon__'s darker cousin, as it were, and instead of exploring the words lon and olin, here I explore a word I've intentionally, yet without the clearest of reasons, kept out of my toki pona songwriting—until today *cue dramatic music*

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released October 28, 2022

sitelen en toki tan jan Usawi. pali kalama tan jan Usawi kepeken ilo Eputan.

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jan Usawi Atlanta, Georgia

toki! mi jan Usawi. mi mama e kalama musi pi toki pona.

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