Here I am!
A circle with a centre and a circumference as one.
A dot.
A monosyllabic word.
A pellet from a hunting gun, which marks the clouds, does not reach them
and returns, falling. It has no chance of finding the
muzzle again. Let alone the cartridge, the gunpowder, the
primer. To be reunited with the force that propelled it.
You hold the barrel upright for no reason.
Your eyes judge me for no reason.
I chose to camp on your eyelids and you said that
shadows don’t suit me.
And then,
do you remember?
You pulled the trigger.
- Pages: 46
- ISBN: 978-960-8399-29-7
- Publication: 2006
- Categories: Literature, Books, Poetry
Yiannis Kalpouzos
Yannis Kalpouzos was born in the village of Melates in Arta in 1960 and has lived and worked in Athens since 1982. In 1995, he began writing song lyrics, many of which have been released on albums. He also wrote the lyrics for the children’s play *Triferakanthos* (Hellenika Grammata). From 2000 to the present day, he has published the poetry collections *The Water of Dreams* (Hellenika Grammata) and *The Murmurs of the Dark Gods* (Ikaros), the novels Drunken Road (Hellenic Letters) and Pantomime of Ghosts (Anchor), as well as the collection of short stories If Only I Could Touch Them (Kedros).
