Eradinos
…Then levanter folded you in the coiled
chiton of his haste and took you to Corfu
always not quenched
teary among a thousand blessed smiles
here you’ve caught up with me waiting for you
leaning on the back of dusk and having in my hands
the peaceful sauntering of oranges and ten rain elegies.
You found me and asked me to narrate the endless
bitter story of the shepherds. Listen to the steps of the god
the doves that out of their fear fly higher and
the many cannon blasts in the castle of death
night watches, agreement of the sparrow, passing of winds.
You wander next to me with your ripped laughter
with your garment higher than your knee
as the ancient nymphs who put up tents and
sing along the water springs.
Thus you complete the miracle of transformation and
the scarlet lust becomes a movement of your long fingers
that play and tame the beasts and arouse the signs of the Zodiac
then you put Hypnos to sleep in your open palms
as the waterfalls of the night
become silent galaxies.
