Τρίτη 29 Νοεμβρίου 2022

ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ - THE LIMASSOL BOOK FAIR 27.11.23

 



Mozambique is the wealthiest country in the world 

                                         ..........

you hear that mozambique is the wealthiest country in the world 

you travel there any way you can 

by sea by land underground like a mole 

once there you are welcomed by two wolfhounds 

thrown into a reception centre you eat mud choke on it yet survive 

shit in a hole with a miscellaneous collection of others who also heard 

that mozambique is the wealthiest country in the world 

you are labelled as imprisoned labelled 

as an unidentified moving object cooped up in there four years 

one day you break out 

the local police gives the press your mugshot reporters confirm you are dangerous 

their neighbour believes them and double-locks the door 

police cars flare up, work double shifts chieftains put a price on your head 

gangs are looking everywhere for you

the peaceful mozambiquan kiosk operator checks his sbr in his secret drawer 

and believes that you are now a dangerous man 

you believe it too 

 

 Translated by Despina Pirketti

Giórgos Christodoulides | Selected Poems (1996-2021)

 

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