When I used to tell you that too much education
Functions distortional in a look
You relied on
The nail cutting the ring finger
And said
Now that I’m burning skin ⎯ skin the plastic
Ineluctable recollection
Why do you want to know
About the love bandage
About my formidable ruin?
Toss about
And don’t forget
To let your nose peep out
On top of the page
Is it called sublime intellect?
Is it called outcry?
This is education
Funeral share-out
My dear girl
And only a few
Were saved
From the sarcoma
Of knowledge
Of form
And love
The hydrocephalous baby is asleep
Between
Our legs
We feign leisure
We pretend
Being committed

*Aπό τη συλλογή “Aκρογωνιαία πορεία στο και”, εκδόσεις ΣΑΙΞΠΗΡΙΚόΝ, Θεσσαλονίκη 2012. Μετάφραση στην Αγγλική: Γιάννης Γκούμας.