Zeta
I paired my sigh with
the stirring of my heart,
the pleasure of the first penetration
with the apex of an orgasm and
the rain’s slow slap onto
the earth’s voluptuousness
I paired my lust with
undulation of her body with
its erotic rapture and
the longing for consummation
I paired the horse with its rider and
death with
the flower of life and
I said,
together they constitute
the meaning of transcendence
I paired the beggar’s plea with
the concern of the passerby and
I said,
together they fight
the common enemy called hunger,
the endless source of need
for equilibrium
the unhealed wound or
the bleeding scar
of the twentieth century
as always and
I said,
together they define
the meaningful schemata
of the swallow’s flight path
that slices the wind
caressing it with a winged shadow
together they formulate
the essence of the unexpected
soft pain and sweetness
together they constitute
the final, greatest monad
Manolis Aligizakis 