Yórgos Véïs
From: Geography of Dangers (1994)
Burnt Week
the city entered the sky
I was looking at my hand half-out of the window
in the hazy sun.
I turned towards the dog
and saw bones and ashes
on the table the torn years
the holiday snaps from Santorini
I got up to make coffee
with one leg asleep and
the water spilt on the floor
friends lost in vain came to smell it
I counted the days remaining
how many nights before you'd come
on stolen angel's wings.
I lay down again
to rub my head on the rocks of sleep
perhaps I would be a voice again
somehow I heard the bell
I think I said 'Come in, I'm here, it's open'
I was stuck to the bars of the bed
the wall leant, a sound like the sea
pines bending in the wind
and piano music from beyond the cape —
I saw words being written everywhere
`I want you' articulated in my frozen ear.
'More snow on the way,' the radio whispered.
Translated by Simon Darragh
Page(s) 136-137
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