Silence
Invincible silence in side streets
abandoned, unprofitable factories
complacency that prepares
the nation for war
force of universal good
the leader said they represented
blonde hair shone in the gleam
of sundown, purple dusk
vein severed from logic
undoubted silence of mass media
isolated incidents of violence reported
anchor concentrated on the divorce
of famous cinema power couple
nation preparing for another war
its rightful right, being
the force of universal good
Manolis Aligizakis 