From "Now 1/3"
Selected Poetry of Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Translated by Angelos Sakkis and John Sakkis
6.11
he sat and admired the flags
he promised a renaissance
by way of the shroud (without necrophilia)
small tyrants
almost perfect armor
repeating exercise
and as the writing is compromised
the meaning is shipwrecked
French?
long live France
Greek?
long live Greece
Eric Duzio, his name
in a chorus of cries (joyful)
the specialties, the hors d’ oevres
holy icon, harshness
preparation before the holidays
the tongue holds the word
the word holds the pleasure
the pleasure holds the flesh
the flesh holds the word
the pleasure
the tongue
loss
markets
personae
arenas
12/6/1996
(Namur)