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The Greek Newspaper & the Greek Radio in the USA
To those who think that Greece does not matter today, let me say that they could not make a bigger mistake. Today, like old Greece, is of the utmost importance for anyone looking to find himself.
Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American author
She observes him as one observes something that changes slowly, almost imperceptibly. He sits on the right side of the sofa, lights the stove with his left hand, and when he blows out the smoke, his head tilts as if he's lifting an unwanted weight. And yet...
Our bed is a wreck at the bottom of the room. You didn't come. At that moment I miss the love, the easy-going one, I sink further and further down to the bottom of a house. Your last kiss still shines white, it touches the mist of the world to starlight the room, to starlight the sleep....
When the traffic light turns green, he crosses the road. Hundreds today, more tomorrow. He is one of them, a faithful copy of passers-by. In the plastic bag are ordinary things, half a kilo of tomatoes, toilet paper, two cans for the cat and a few sorrows...
No one caresses her anymore. The wind rushes in too, caresses her neck a little and that was all. Her hand is a dry leaf, the light passes by even though she has the curtain open all day. She's gotten old. It's been a while since touch has been excluded but she's awake, perhaps to...
Sunday at the laid table. Steaming delicacies, pies, soups, cheeses, life is steaming on Sundays, the whole world is spread out on a clean tablecloth. Thyme and ruby wine are wafting in the glasses, in the mouths, so that hearts may open like a fig. In every breath, the sip...
The nightgown went out into the street alone - the body was taken - a silken shape of absence, pure white, an ideal contrast to the darkness. Tonight it is not blowing outside, stillness did not foresee the innocent fabric. He thought a paradise would be waiting for him outside the room, so light. In...