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Author: Christina Vallianatos
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How to Cite: Vallianatos, C. (2018) ““Without My Future”, by Thomas Ioannou”, Absinthe: World Literature in Translation. 24(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/absinthe.9464
I come without my future Poets that I admired Turned their back on me Girls that I loved Feed statues in the squares Desires turned to stone That became public spectacles At night I stay awake Singing dissonant dreams To the beaches where I had lain Under the moonlight I never returned innocent I no longer recognize The voice of my own faith I am not he For whom the rooster calls Every dawn