17487 - If we don’t become bothersome
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias
If we don’t become bothersome
then, harassment
will be our fate
and we will accept
even the unacceptable
so that we can survive
relaxed and irresponsible
always beside
the bodies of the dead
which we didn’t save
with our stature
because that was
shorter than the boot
of the conqueror
and we didn’t want
for it to kick us
like a rock
in case the attacker
would hurt
and weep
due to the pain in his foot
or else, how could he continue
trample upon us.