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)