WAR CALENDAR
13th DAY or ON LAND NOW
The air fights descend to the ground
and death returns to earth
the place of its origin.
Bright flashes accompanied him
the only luxury left to the corpses.
Truly, how evil has changed direction!
The actions of death commenced down
in the mud, in the hooves of the animals
the boots, the bog, then he climbed
to the black clouds and into the innocent souls.
And now in the desert
as I imagine it with innumerable
rosy sandy breasts
that breath as they near death
secretive body
with the dark oasis hidden here and there
uncommitted, like spectator of perdition
that became a parachutist to conquered her.
Now from top to bottom
the progress of bloody flesh;
the sky, the fiery past
will be forgotten
and good will be established on earth
it will be buried deep, very deep in memory.
Manolis Aligizakis 