Johanides is a Greek English poet living in Spain. He writes and publishes articles and poetry about every aspect of life and love. He is a modern Christian.
Back then, last year of school,
Sylvia was important to me,
Both directing my dreams and starring in them.
I first saw her in the late spring,
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One night I dreamt of Aphrodite on the shore
Goddess from the Cypriot west
Stained with the blood of her castrated father
Sperm like surf on the giant sea
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All lives operate on more than one level
And I suppose I was no different in that respect
What was strange in my case
Was the distance between those levels
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I don´t know when the dreams made me dangerous
But they did
And I remember many things which may or may not have happened
An old man´s face peering
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In the deep dark depths of another instalment
She shows me the power of her interior regalement
And stalking me with those big blue eyes
She promises heaven from her thundery thighs
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