From "Now 1/3"
Selected Poetry of Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Translated by Angelos Sakkis and John Sakkis

boring alternation
as the neon lights blink
(light cosmetics) in the old hotels

traces, of traces
signals
peripheral resistances
deeds
anxieties
meetings
                it does not exist
                or does it?
weak links from half finished
                                                    battles

mornings at the Hotel Palace
neither inglorious
nor indifferent.

                                                                  01/27/1997