The 25th Year of his Life
He goes to the tavern quite often
where they met last month.
He asked, but they had nothing to tell him.
From their words, he understood that he had met
with a completely unknown person,
one of the many unknowns and questionable
youthful faces that passed through there.
However, he goes to the tavern quite often, at night,
and he sits and stares at the entrance,
he stares at the entrance until he gets tired.
Perhaps he may walk in. Perhaps he may come tonight.
For nearly three weeks, he has done this.
His mind has become sick with lust.
The kisses have stayed on his mouth.
All his flesh suffers constantly from the desire.
The touch of that body is all over him.
He wants to make love to him again.
It is understood that he tries not to reveal himself.
But sometimes he just doesn’t care.
After all, he knows what he’ll get himself into,
and he is okay with it. It is not unlikely that this life
of his will get him into a disastrous scandal.
Manolis Aligizakis 