Hercules
Irascible beast
born executioner to face Poseidon’s spread evil
that sprouts into the sea
for memoirs will be written only
on the edge of the sword
that cracks the cheekbones of the night like walnuts.
Castles of the night will fall like trees
anatomy lesson on the body of the deed
poisoned by his own hand
his final chiton
he put on
like the lion of the desert puts on its bandolier
Manolis Aligizakis 