Poem by Manolis Anagnostakis
TOMBSTONE ENGRAVING
You also died and you became the special
good family man, the patriot
thirty six wreaths accompanied you
three funereal speeches by vice presidents
seven votes in favor of what you offered
ah, Lavrentis, only I knew what a bastard you were
what a sold out asshole, you lived a life-time of lies
sleep in peace I won’t come to disturb your serenity
(I’ll exchange my whole life with my priceless silence
not with a reward for your sorrowful corpse)
sleep in peace as you were in life: the special
good family man, the patriot
you’ll neither be the first nor the last
Libros Libertad 