27345 - Observe

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias

Observe
the glance
of the statue
of Liberty
in New York
and imagine
that within it
there is
also the spirit
of one of the seven
wonders
of the ancient world
and only then
you’ll understand
how important
is the continuity
which produces
intertemporality
through humanism
which even though
it’s aware
that it’s
ephemeral
it fights
ceaselessly
in order to pass on
the baton
to the next
because
it took took it
from the previous.