as the echoes of metal clanging on metal died down , the actor waved toward the supertitles that flashed above him , translating the bard 's poetry into a poor excuse for a joke : `` god-damn verona-town , i say , two fam'lies raise their old ak- forty-sevens '' i could n't make myself read any more ; i did n't have time to watch the ridiculous words slipping from slide to slide .