IV
Uniformity appears as the troglodyte receives
darkness soluble shivering
like a leaf blown by the wind
to every corner of the cave and
blackening his mind; two cows
drinking water, raise their eyes
to stare at the sharp blade of the butcher
and the insatiable teeth of hunger, while
the first earthly ownership, dangling
residential, first subdivision
of the troglodytes appears
as he puts aside leftover meat.
Fireflies slide in mid-air
embalming the unction of disease
a hard day’s hunt justified,
first harkening bank,
virgin new concept and
tomorrow’s multinational
a swath commences, and the fourth hymn
as lightning divides the sky
plowing a bright course when
here springs forth the menace of death
Manolis Aligizakis 