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Poem by Kostas Karyotakis
PALE SPIROCHAETE *
*Bacterium of syphilis which Karyotakis
contacted after going with a prostitute
The scientific books had well
prepared their bloodthirsty images
the doubting girl who smiled secretly
beautiful the joy we received from her lips
our foreheads shook softly, persistently
as we opened that it would come in
the craziness in our heads and lock itself inside
and now our life has become a strange, old story.
Logic and our emotions become luxury
the burden we give to any sane person
we retain the impulse, our childish laughter
the instinct to rely on the hands of God.
His creation is but an atrocious comedy
He, with the eternal good intention
managed to pull the curtain before our eyes
oh comedy, the awe, the dream, the smoke
and the girl I went with was beautiful
during that winter evening long ago, when
enigmatically laughing she gave me her lips
while seeing the fateful abyss closing in.
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