the day passes
the hour passes
society laughs
the excuses are retained
yet, the one who committed
the crime and went to sleep
didn’t sense
that dawn came and he woke up
and walked about
in the horrible darkness of death
(his mouth is already full of dirt)
and of the one who lied
and acted unjustly
and slapped
they will pay for it and their children
will do so too
up to the fifth generation
there is God
hearts and kidneys are examined
and next to the crippled justice of man
the Fury hides
nested deep in the guilty man
merciless and unforgiving
who doesn’t care about officialities and titles
that good life brings but in God’s name,
it doesn’t care and it punishes
harshly
the brainless and timid who commit
Manolis Aligizakis 