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 