In the middle of a street

-we stood in the middle of a street, he and I-
"dream about the earth beneath the asphalt road" he said.

(I did what he said... I saw hundreds of people going to the fields
holding axes, shovels, rakes and wooden forks
yet it was a national holiday, people celebrating with festivities)

(exiled from their country and now slaves
but forgot to write their life stories to us)

-then, we walked on-
a.
many people came, laid out their carpets and slept
and one day they witnessed the betrayal of Evagoras.
b.
...betrayals, never did clear away even if we washed our face with water
…and hates and envies and jealousies.
c.
if we have lost ourselves and become little people
and if we have no names and no body knows us
it is because of all these

-then, he stopped and asked-
d.
is that all?
e.
people before us have all rotted away
and are part of the earth now
f.
"let us look and find out" he said
who is to blame

Transtation: M. Kansu / S. Arifler