Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Translated by John Sakkis & Angelos Sakkis
28
despised masks
subsumed
in claims to dignity
during family toasts
no me no me
blackmail.
34
smell of fear
in the four corners of
a mirror
the liquid objects
the recommendations
are not retracted
the left-handed
the body
hears ambassadorsŐ
voices
along with the
creaking of underwear.
38
hands cup
receive
the flesh
from dark spots
on the window display
undefeated
guardians of treaties
ensure
the spread of words
in gilded town
squares.
40
the walls peel
the cells
signs of resistance
parading with bound
hands
people dressed
in TV static
hate the reference
the randomness of
sentiments–.
72
the lines correspond
the ads
are paid for with old
coins
after explosions
in empty halls.
75
stuffing of boxes
with
and areas
appropriations for the
flow
of
lotteries.
80
alterations interests
with drops of colors
the
zones
after the fracture
of
flesh.