Sculptor
I saw Helen daughter of Tyndareus
I saw the pretty
Sparta and Mistras
sistrums of the days.
And I found the world a church
and grave found me: a poet.
Hours of the Stars
Day: August 31, 2025
Swamped
excerpt
Eteo’s thoughts took him back and forth between this pleasant
Vancouver afternoon with its sea whispers and almost imperceptible
sounds of the people around him and the lonely days of his childhood
when his father was far away and he and his brother struggled
to understand why. He was on the way back to his car when Logan
called to ask whether he should dispose of all the shares of the underperforming
real estate company that another client, Tom Batsas,
had in his account and switch Tom to Platinum Properties or keep
some of the real estate shares and buy Tom just a few of the new company.
Eteo advised him to tell Tom to sell all the underperforming
shares and put all the funds into the new company, which would give
Tom a good chance of making something out of this one.
When he had almost reached his car, Eteo spotted Frankie again.
This time the promoter was with two other people, Sandra Wilson, a
well-known Hollywood actress, and a young man he did not recognize.
Frankie gestured for Eteo to join them and introduced him to
the actress, whom Eteo had already recognized, and the young man,
who was introduced as Ricardo. As they shook hands, Frankie told
his companions that Eteo was an investor and a good supporter of
Lionsgate Entertainment.The others responded politely, but what impressed
Eteo most were the simple manners of the famous actress.
She spoke to Eteo as if she had known him all her life, as did Ricardo,
even though the encounter was brief and they only exchanged the
usual pleasantries.
All the same the encounter made Eteo want to find out more
about Frankie’s new venture into the realm of Hollywood and of actors
and actresses who were paid at the level of Sandra Wilson. He
knew she was one of the most highly paid actresses in the world. Perhaps
it would be a good idea to invest some of his clients’ money in
this new company, but he hesitated. He was unfamiliar with the industry.
Recommending Lionsgate Entertainment would be taking a
chance unless he delved into the details, especially the earnings potential
and success rates of such ventures. Of course, he knew very
well that every time someone put money in a company it wasn’t …
Troglodytes
II
Now the slowly appearing
nascent half images of
the few representing
logos for eternity.
Monopoly coercion
absolute power over
the multitude of hungry men.
The few devise ways, and
scheme means and salesmanship.
New concepts, ever-new chains
ancient variations become new
to control hunger and its antidote.
The few fearing themselves mostly
exercise the fear’s pressure
and measures emanating
from their fear and
the meadows weep.
Sorrow ripples over the corn fields
the day’s pulse gallops forward,
the sun in harmony with the moon
and during the night,
stars sing in the Kore’s dream.
Manolis Aligizakis 