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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