Written by Konstantinos Konstantinidis Amfiktyon
Heat, our liver has burned
Attica has literally boiled
coolness only in the air conditioner to relax
in the water to cool off and quench your thirst
Privileged those on the coasts
swimming and diving in the sea
beware of the scorching sun in the midday hours
and good bathing for swimmers
In the old warm weather
when we didn’t have air conditioning
the ladies with the fan made air
and the gentlemen with the ‘bayason’ hats
in the troupe of Athens the sound on the diapason
and the sweat was flowing like a river
excellent body refreshing
but now it doesn’t work for us
A journey-mission
from Jordan through Syria to Baghdad
with the embargo Iraq had reached hell
two Land Rovers with 45 degree temperature
“4” generals through the Syrian desert
we were overcooked all day like snails
at midnight he found us at customs
and from excessive heat
cold in the desert at night
the sky is a feast for the eyes
full of shining lamps
The kelebia is a savior for the Arab
and for the heat and for the cold and for the humidity
and for the desert “Simoun”
which windstorms scatter
and woe to those who do not protect themselves
they may also be lost
Drink fluids, take shade,
turn the heat down a bit
it is a wave and it will pass
the heat storm will bring
all ends go hand in hand
And in the past we had heatwaves
but now they have increased
then we did not know the scientific reason
the libas, we used to say, came from Africa
now we say because of “climate change”
tomorrow maybe something else will be invented?
It was Occupation, the heat unbearable like today
my mother and I from Aegaleo
to the Central Market with the “on foot”
little money, but my mother is milk
spent a huge amount on me
from a hawker in front of the Town Hall
he treated me to a lemonade
from a barrel of ice for a refrigerator
I never forget that unique drink
All fight in each other’s nature
nations are slaughtering aliens
but often also between same sexes
the Loatskis above all the “third sex”
the north against the south
the poor man hates money
Light dispels darkness
life resists Hades
in extreme cold and extreme heat
and whoever lasts
The muse Efterpi with music and poetry
notes will give us harmonic resonance
the Universal to taste pleasure
and cloud-bringing Jupiter with lightning and storm
below and by Athena the protector
patronage and your own individual care
rain, dew will bring relief
Friend Leonidas.
* Amfiktyon is Lieutenant General Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Writer, Member of the Society of Greek Writers
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