BLONDE DAY
The door of spring opened
and we saw light-blue epitaphs.
Piece of news at noon
imminent nuclear war
the old man said I’m hungry
we drank the night in a glass
at the bottom of the glass a new day.
Chemistry wakes up in the factory each morning
and finds the dead history
the dancing rain continues
two shoeless shoes in the street.
JULIAN IN NIKOMEDIA
Purposeless and dangerous things…
Praises for the ideals of the Greeks.
The theurgies and the visits to the pagan
temples. Enthusiasm for the ancient gods.
The frequent conversations with Chrysanthius.
The theories —the clever asides—of the philosopher Maximus.
And here is the result. Gallus shows a great
anxiety. Constantios has some suspicion.
Ah, the advisors were not at all wise.
This story—says Mardonius—has gone too far,
and the furor about it must finally end.—
Julian goes again as a lector
to the church of Nicomedia,
where in a loud voice and with deep reverence
he reads the Holy Scriptures,
and the people admire his Christian piety.
Manolis Aligizakis 