ALMOND TREES
Dazzling house, red and white,
in which room the almond trees bloomed?
I had spent time in all corners
in the red and in the unfortunate,
the tragic one, the white; my breath
fogged my dreams up on the loft
the sea shivered on your window panes
gardens, secret chrysanthemums in your ecstasy
when I ran, full of blood I the hunter
A large net spread just over my head
misery had teeth made of steel
the sun was planting different orchards
on the walls:
the orchard of the fly, of the kite
the large orchard of love
the orchard of the great fever
in which having my rifle I wandered all day long
with a red ribbon in my mouth
with a red ribbon on my hair
like the unfortunate and miserable corner
like the tragic, white corner on my rifle
I had lived in all corners
in which corner did your almond tree bloom?
Manolis Aligizakis 