Santa Fe Poetry Broadside: E. A. Mares, Same Old Song

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E. A. Mares
In the Taverna Ononas

Same Old Song

I heard a Greek say:
"We never had to lock our doors before.
It's because of the Albanians."

Another Greek said:
"The Americans pay the Albanians
five thousand dollars to fight.
The Albanians aren't good fighters."

Another Greek said:
"We have a terrible problem.
The Albanians steal everything."

I heard a Greek poet say:
"the stranger and the enemy,
we have seen him in the mirror."*

He knew his Greeks and his Albanians.
He knew you. He knew me.

*George Seferis

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Issue #14, March, 2000 :
Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.

E. A. Mares In the Taverna Ononas

Same Old Song

E. A. Mares
In the Taverna Ononas