BEYOND THE PALE

[Ανδρέας Παλαιόσοφος]

BEYOND THE PALE
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Back and forth on my ragging chair
In stale, in silence an ending era
The sunset passed a while ago...
Seen the line between dusk an’ day
The twilight as is better known
The hamming shadows woke
Dreadful owl with yenning eyes
Kind of pretending I don’t mind
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Ragging ghosts from pale times
Back and forth, countless lives
Back and forth, toils & twilights
Till there is neither light nor night
Back against the wall one last time
Forth to reach the porch’s rail
Until the shadow pass the pale
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Ireless shadows, long and flatty
I can’t tell mine for all look alike
Unknown next, a life-time plight
Once there, they say, is all right
Whose ghost is there to measure?
Whose ghost is left unmeasured?
Pernicious world, a shadowy mind
Hoping for peace in the nick of time
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Stale in silence the ragging chair
Though the count not always fair
Farewell my beloved old house
Once left, back I’ m not allowed
Both gone; I, a ghost; you, a ground
Thou the only home ever to reside
Not a guest but as your partner
Me and only me, just to be precise