mmmm. surreal, evocative, suggestive. I especially like the small details,
the pins, the statue.
Janet
On 08/01/2008, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Experiments for the repetition of night
>
> by Miltos Sachtouris
>
>
> My friends are leaving
> the have come to say goodbye
>
> I shall never see my friends again
>
> one of them is leaving for the adjacent room
> his face has turned black
> he has worn a dark green material
> night has fallen
> he no longer speaks
>
> the other is leaving for the other room
> to find the pins
> first however he hid himself behind the curtains
> then became frightened
> afterwards he climbed on the window
> to sleep
>
> the other took off his shoes
> with trembling hands
> he took the warm
> statue
> took it into the bedroom
> he doesn't know how to make it stand upright
>
> my friends have gone far away
>
> I shall not see my friends
> again
>
>
> -- translated from the Greek by
> Kimon Friar
>
> --
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>
> Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/joncpoetics/
>
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>
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Janet Jackson
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