25369 - The first thing

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Vicky Baklessi

The first thing
we have
to say in Armenian
to a child
is always
that it shouldn’t
exist
because of genocide
so its existence
is already
an act of resistance
against the genociders
and if it continues
to speak Armenian
and fights
for their armenicity
then from a disciple
they will become a fighter
who doesn’t fear
to confront
the ottoman syndrome
of the others
so that its peoples
be justified.