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since it was a dark night
and only the stars flickered
I thought of an image
beyond humans.
The vase containing the sea was placed
at the edge of the visible
a few dark, undecorated Christmas trees
stood on the sand silently;
heavenly bodies
screamed and shone
in the freedom of lust.
The air smelled of unfamiliar flowers
and none of the lamps revealed
any true or faulty present.
Ah, yes, I said and pushed my inelegant
sole on the atrophied grass, this the way they were
before the stage of the cloud opened
to the first act, with the first actor
playing the first male role;
this was the way before they decided
to strangle the female babies
before Erasmus replaced our diction
before the first complain was heard
about life on this earth
this was the scene of existence
before the play with many acts commenced.
Manolis Aligizakis 