14791 - Humane Monologue I

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou, Evi Charitidou

– Why did the victim die. Was there a reason or was that absurd. When the bullet touched him, he fell on his knees. Nothing was heard. And then he dropped dead. In fact, I think. I’m not sure, maybe I made a mistake. The sun was so strong. I couldn’t hear anything. Except for the flies. Countless flies. As if they knew about the dead beforehand. Or maybe not. Anyway, I walked and left the shadow-less man where he fell. Maybe not?