Written by Nikos Moschovos 

You look at the still life
The drink burns your throat
And the bridge looks distant.

The ashtray is small
The bottle empty
The mystagogy is open.

You look at the still life,
The rotten apples in the jar,
The sip in your mouth is bitter.

Now you see,
Now you live
The earth of the dead
the colour of yellowness
the odour of rottenness.

You feel the still life
When your mouth waters
And the bridge looks near.

Tell me,
Have you realized the sense?
The scent of death
The chaos of the abyss
The world of sleep?

About the Poem

The poem “Still Life” written by Nikos Moschovos in 1982, is included in the poetry collection entitled “Gazing at Dreams – A Poetic Journey 1974-1991″ by Nikos Moschovos, which was “published” for the first time in 1992 in Thessaloniki (ISBN 960-220-324-2, Thessaloniki 1992). This poem is also part of another poetic reference, which will be published in due course.

This poetry collection was re-released in 2013 in eBook (PDF) format by the ONLINE BOOK PUBLICATIONS “NMOS- N. Moschovos” (ISBN-13: 978-960-90172-4-4, 80 pages). It is not “published” in a printed book, but only on the internet. All copyrights are reserved.

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