My Ancestors
My ancestors
deciphered cryptograph names
unknown and painful
in cells of stormy times
on journeys with imaginary boats.My ancestors were diving
in Halcyon days
with their index fingers shifting
with a loneliness submerged
in dim lights
with impenetrable arks
with an excitement of mutterings
and spirits of illness.My ancestors, the coach drivers
in dark lanes
in heavens without lights
leaving varying
breaths in the morning
shooting aimlessly.My ancestors
ultimately fled
remaining dead on the ridges
where others are struggling
to cover them.
ΟΙ ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙ ΜΟΥ
Οι πρόγονοί μου
αποκρυπτογραφημένα ονόματα
άγνωστα και οδυνηρά
σε κελιά καίρών καταισχύνης
σε ταξίδια με φανταστικές ακάτους.Οι πρόγονοι μου
σε Αλκυονίδες μέρες
με τους δύκτες τους να δονούνται
με μια μοναξιά καταβυθισμένη
σε αμυδρά φώτα
με κιβωτούς αδιορατες
με μια διέγερση ψιθύρών
και αποστάγματα αρρώστιας.Οι προγονοί μου αμαξυλάτες
σε παρόδους σκοτεινές
σε ουρανούς χωρίς φώτα
αφήνοντας παραλλαγμένες
ανάσες τα πρωινά
πυροβολώντας άστοχα.Οι πρόγονοί μου
έφυγαν τελεσίδικα
μένοντας νεκροί στις ράγες
εκεί που άλλα πασχίζουν
να τους σκεπάσουν.
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