the bilingual poems / inter alia

inter alia

on the stroke of twelve came the surveyor

as usual and

as expected

despite that

we had neglected

to sweep the blood off the stairhead

the hatstand in the hallway

exposed to the argus-eyed mirror

was trying to hide its guilt

under four hats

the fox-terrier panic-stricken

followed us at heel

howling lord have mercy

be that as it may at the last moment

we managed to push the winds pell mell

into the wardrobe of the bedroom

thus conjuring an illusion of calm

the spacious drawing-room

locked in its past post-mortem

smelt of kavafis

egyptian tobacco

and the myopic eyeglasses on the table

had corrupted the ethos of the books

in the presence of all concerned

the bailiff laid his hands on a treatise

octavo size

entitled mons veneris

he leafed through it salivating glosses

in the margins of the pages

inter alia

a.  aphrodite on the frontispiece

     raising a white flag

b.  pretty woman

     pretty pretty woman

c.  your two breasts

     resemble twin cubs of deer

     feeding among lilies

d.  sex specialis derogat sex generali

on the stroke of five to twelve

we set on the way to Ithaca

inter alia 
the version in english
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