Youth 30 years old
His entire life
was the making of symmetry
he did not have other identity
nor a job
probably he could not speak
his aim was to uproot
the world
and create another
symmetrical
as if the practices of the heart
are sighing from symmetry
or four eyes
are ever symmetrical
Decommissioned hour
The defeat that we thought of
as not belonging to us
greater since it was
from its shadow
shorter since we were
from our sum
located us in the map
as this cloud
that dropping the counterweights
stood above us
and broke into two
Papageorgiou Theofanis was born in 1986 in Athens, Greece. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and holds a PhD from National Technical University of Athens in the field of political economy. He has authored two books of poetry in Greek “Plintirio Astron” (Laundry of Stars) and ” H Thalasa me ta 150 Epipeda” (The sea with the 150 levels), several manuscripts in the field of political economy and a handbook in the field of the history of economic thought. His first book was short listed by the Hellenic Authors’ Association for the prize of first place featured poet. Several of his poems have been translated in English and Spanish. Currently, he is working as a lecturer at National Kapodistrian University of Athens.