Esther Heboyan: AN EVENING IN GOLDERS GREEN

let us speak of

woes and wars

and cherries in tears

cling to Aegean cliffs

of men and women

let us speak

and orchids nocturnal

nod to the hooting train

in nimble words

let us of

youth speak and gimmicks

innumerable                                    as

chilled wine and almond

g  i  n  g  e  r  l  y

chime the kitchen mauve

sift the hour’s bond

time’s unstilled kiss

and of love

Theodorakis

dances the abyss

of you dearest and

chestnut lives

through Surrey and rain

let us speak again

London-Paris, Summer 2010