Alien Death
When he walked to the upper room of the hospital
he saw the sick man totally covered
with a white starched sheet – perhaps he had
been dead for a while Right above the bed
on the bare wall his pants were hanging
with two legs opened and nailed
like a triangular arch of cloth From there
you could pass straight into the garden of the museum
with replicas of ancient statues with couples
on benches and roasted chickpea sellers
Manolis Aligizakis 