from Lisiensan Ga’lago

“goaam” ~ “goam” ~ “islas de las velas latinas” (of lateen sails ~ “guan” “guana” ~ “islas de los ladrones” (of the thieves ~ “guåhan” “guajan” ~ “islas marianas” (after the spanish queen ~ “bahan” “guhan” ~ “guacan” “isla de san juan” ~ “guaon” “y guan” “omiya jima” (great shrine island) “guam” “the first province of the great ocean” ~ geographic absence ~ “the old census records show” because who can stand on the reef and name that below water and sky imagined territory ~ “a spanish baptismal name and” burnt villages archipelago of “chamoru last names drawn from the lexicon of everyday language” bone carved word ~ “it is possible they changed their last names throughout their lives” remade : sovereign