Duality
And I laughed at the comedian’s joke
as if grabbing onto the ship’s handrail
that I wouldn’t fall into the abysmal
mouth of the monstrous logic
many men appeared hungry for my flesh
easy it was to talk to the inexplicable
when suddenly I felt the fangs
of the inexorable clock ticking
their strange hymn lamenting
my descent to Erebus, where
I was greeted by family members and after
my uncle Antony’s funeral
we all walked to the proper celebration
surprising them all as I too attended
and they all understood the meaning
of the eagle flying over us as if to confirm
on this earth and under it that we once existed
Manolis Aligizakis 