Poem
Miltos Sachtouris
THE STATION
In memory of Guillaume ApollinaireIt rains continually in my sleep
my dream fills with mud
the place is dark
and I’m waiting for a train
the station master is picking daisies
that have sprouted on the rails
as it’s been a long time since
any train has arrived at this station
and suddenly the years have passed
I sit behind a window
hair and beard grown long
as if I’m very ill
and just as I’m falling asleep again
slowly she comes
holding a knife in her hand
she comes up to me carefully
and plunges it into my right eye.
© Translation: 1997, David Connoly
From: The stroll
Publisher: The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York, 1997
From: The stroll
Publisher: The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York, 1997
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THE STATION
In memory of Guillaume ApollinaireIt rains continually in my sleep
my dream fills with mud
the place is dark
and I’m waiting for a train
the station master is picking daisies
that have sprouted on the rails
as it’s been a long time since
any train has arrived at this station
and suddenly the years have passed
I sit behind a window
hair and beard grown long
as if I’m very ill
and just as I’m falling asleep again
slowly she comes
holding a knife in her hand
she comes up to me carefully
and plunges it into my right eye.
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The stroll
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
From: The stroll
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
THE STATION
In memory of Guillaume ApollinaireIt rains continually in my sleep
my dream fills with mud
the place is dark
and I’m waiting for a train
the station master is picking daisies
that have sprouted on the rails
as it’s been a long time since
any train has arrived at this station
and suddenly the years have passed
I sit behind a window
hair and beard grown long
as if I’m very ill
and just as I’m falling asleep again
slowly she comes
holding a knife in her hand
she comes up to me carefully
and plunges it into my right eye.
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The stroll
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
From: The stroll
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
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